Unshaken Reflection
Composure as defiance
Composure this complete is its own kind of defiance.
Unshaken Reflection holds a face that has been through it and refuses to show the crack. Stillness as strength.
Unshaken Reflection is a one of one work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, on archival museum-quality aluminum, from the Unapologetic Faces series. The aluminum catches the light and the room reads quietly expensive, the way collected spaces do.
Collected early, while the name is still climbing. Signed, and archived on placement. 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.
