Split in Silence
The fracture nobody heard
Some things break without making a sound.
Split in Silence holds the quiet fracture nobody heard, the one you carry without a word.
Split in Silence is a one of one work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, on archival museum-quality aluminum, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. On the wall it takes the room and holds it.
An emerging artist, collected now for a reason. Signed, and archived on placement. Only one exists.
Corey Wesley
Corey Wesley is a Harlem artist. His practice was shaped by the faces he studied on the subway, in recovery rooms, in the space between performance and collapse. He creates what remains when the face stops performing.
The inaugural exhibition at Goddard Riverside Community Arts drew 150 in attendance. Corey Wesley curated the show alongside Scott M. Lilly and Ayiana Viviana. Press, collectors, and interior designers responded consistently: breathtaking.
The faces in these works are archetypes, not portraits. They belong to everyone. And no one.






