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$1,225.00The Story
Size:21 x 16 in.
Library Study LXXIV is a 17" x 12" original mixed media work by The Connor Brothers, presenting a miniature row of worn paperback spines, each carrying a title that is part confession, part cultural commentary. The books are arranged with deliberate imbalance, leaning together as if held up by their own shared fragility. Their pastel and inked colours – mauve, teal, slate and cream – reference the design language of mid-century Penguin paperbacks, yet the titles replace literary classics with blunt, darkly humorous truths: “Depression: A Real Mood Killer”, “Parenthood: The Ultimate Horror Movie”, “Hope: I Can’t See The Point”. These wry lines expose the gap between public image and private feeling, distilling discomfort into a deceptively polite format.
Handwritten pencil notes – “the truth” on the left, and “sparring!” to the right – interrupt the illusion of a finished artwork, reminding us that this is not a bookshelf but a construction, an invitation to question what is staged and what is sincere.
Since emerging under a false biography, The Connor Brothers have built a practice around the collapse of certainty. Their work blends nostalgia with satire, encouraging viewers to recognise how easily fiction passes for fact. In Library Study LXXIV, the neatly aligned books become a portrait of modern consciousness: humorous, bruised, and searching for meaning in the margins.
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Size:21 x 16 in.
Library Study LXXIV is a 17" x 12" original mixed media work by The Connor Brothers, presenting a miniature row of worn paperback spines, each carrying a title that is part confession, part cultural commentary. The books are arranged with deliberate imbalance, leaning together as if held up by their own shared fragility. Their pastel and inked colours – mauve, teal, slate and cream – reference the design language of mid-century Penguin paperbacks, yet the titles replace literary classics with blunt, darkly humorous truths: “Depression: A Real Mood Killer”, “Parenthood: The Ultimate Horror Movie”, “Hope: I Can’t See The Point”. These wry lines expose the gap between public image and private feeling, distilling discomfort into a deceptively polite format.
Handwritten pencil notes – “the truth” on the left, and “sparring!” to the right – interrupt the illusion of a finished artwork, reminding us that this is not a bookshelf but a construction, an invitation to question what is staged and what is sincere.
Since emerging under a false biography, The Connor Brothers have built a practice around the collapse of certainty. Their work blends nostalgia with satire, encouraging viewers to recognise how easily fiction passes for fact. In Library Study LXXIV, the neatly aligned books become a portrait of modern consciousness: humorous, bruised, and searching for meaning in the margins.
