The Allure
The pull nobody can explain
Some faces pull you in before you decide to look.
The Allure holds the magnetism nobody can quite explain and nobody can quite ignore.
The Allure is a one of one framed work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from the Unapologetic Faces series. On the wall it becomes the reason people remember the room.
Acquired now, while the window is open. Signed, and archived on placement. Once it is gone, it is gone.
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.






