THE CONNOR
BROS
Best known for their Pulp Fiction series, the pair are also known for their activist work and their playful hoaxes. In 2014 they created a fictional museum -The Hanbury Collection, which fused truth and fiction in such a way as to render it impossible to work out which exhibits were real and which were not. This obsession with truth and fiction can be seen throughout their work, and is particularly relevant in the current climate of fake news, post-truth, and social media obsession.
The Connor Brothers have been amongst the most prominent artistic voices to comment on the refugee crisis. The duo worked for several years in The Jungle refugee camp in Calais building shelters and undertook an international billboard campaign highlighting the plight of displaced people – Refuchic. Closely associated with the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, The Connor Brothers produced their 2015 refugee themed theatrical performance at Banksy’s Dismaland. More recently they have teamed up with Professor Green and the mental health charity CALM to raise funds and awareness about the UK’s epidemic of male depression and suicide.
The Connor Brothers have exhibited internationally from New York, Sydney, Dubai to London, Hong Kong and Berlin. Their work frequently appears at major auction houses, historically their record price was achieved in 2020. The Connor Bros works can also be found in major public and private collections including ‘The Victoria and Albert Museum’, ‘The Penguin Collection’ and both the ‘Omer Koc and Niarchos Collections’.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out

Why fit in (paperback)

Those who are doing it

There is nothing so seductive as a dangerous idea

Tell me untrue beautiful things

Tell him I was too busy

In a world where you can be anything, be kind

Impossible is Nothing

If you haven’t got anything nice to say

I drink to make others more interesting

How you tell the story

Call me anything but ordinary (Purple)

Call me anything but ordinary (Green)
