Golden Temptation
The pull you know better than to want
Some things are beautiful precisely because they cost you something.
Golden Temptation is about wanting the thing you already know may be bad for you. The gold is part of the seduction. It pulls first, then leaves the question behind.
Companion work: Golden Temptation II continues the story after the chase. The first work lives inside the pull of wanting. The second asks what happens when getting what you wanted still doesn't make it enough.
This one-of-one work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley is part of Unapologetic Faces. It is signed and documented with a certificate of authenticity.
36x24 wall art. Archival museum-quality aluminum on an MDF back. Scratch and fade resistant, with nothing over the surface. No glass, no acrylic. Ready to hang, French cleat included, floats half an inch off the wall and hangs vertical or horizontal. Signed on the front by Corey Wesley. Signed certificate of authenticity included.
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Corey Wesley
Harlem shaped his practice: the faces on the subway, in recovery rooms, and in the space between performance and collapse. He creates what remains when the face stops performing.
His proprietary mixed-media process combines writing, Photoshop, Illustrator, and modern technology, including AI-assisted tools. Over days or months, he refines symbolism, color, composition, facial structure, and emotional tone until each work carries his recognizable visual language.
The faces in these works are archetypes. They belong to everyone. And no one.
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