New Vintage Paperbacks by The Connor Brothers
From the British duo’s highly popular pulp fiction series, The Connor Brother’s vintage paperbacks are humorous, ironic, or thought-provoking. Made by hand painting and adding silkscreen varnish to mid-20th century books, this series provides commentary on contemporary society and human emotions.
“We wanted to go beyond ‘just’ selling art. We both needed a creative project to maintain our interest in this world, and The Connor Brothers turned out to be that project.”
Through their vintage paperback artworks, The Connor Brothers engage in a form of cultural critique. They tackle themes such as love, relationships, consumerism and societal norms, often using satire and irony to deliver their messages.
The Connor Brothers, in their studio, working on hand painted vintage paperbacks
The duo's intention is to provoke thought and engage viewers by blending visual art with literary elements. This exploration of fact and fabrication is rooted in their fictitious backstory, with the artists originally claiming to be twins Franklyn and Brendan Connor, two brothers who were brought up within the new age cult, The Family.
In May 2021, at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Online Auction, their bastardised oil painting ‘The Bestest and Most Expensivist Painting in the History of Art’, which they executed in 2020, sold for over £44,000, 3x the original estimate.
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