The Villain They Made
The one the world decided to fear
Nobody asks who made the villain. This face does.
The Villain They Made holds the person the world decided to fear, and the truth that decision buried.
The Villain They Made is a one of one framed work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. On the wall it stops being furniture and becomes the room's whole argument.
Acquired early, before the name catches up. Signed, and archived on placement. There is no second.
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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.
