The Face That Trauma Built
The person the hard years made
Everything that happened to you is in here somewhere.
The Face That Trauma Built holds the person the hard years made, and the strength they did not mean to give.
The Face That Trauma Built is a one of one framed work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. On the wall it becomes the reason people remember the room.
An emerging name, acquired early. Signed, and archived the day it is placed. Only one exists.
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Each one of one. Once acquired, it does not return.
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.
