{"product_id":"the-classics-xiii","title":"The Classics XIII","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hidesizetextforar\"\u003eSize:44 x 33 in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Classics XIII is a 39\" x 28\" original mixed media work by The Connor Brothers, presenting a carefully arranged line of weathered paperback spines, each one printed with a wry, perceptive or subversive title. The books appear aged, their typography echoing mid-century pulp fiction, yet their text feels sharply rooted in the present: “Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Taken”, “Every Saint Has a Past and Every Sinner Has a Future”, “Why Fit In When You Were Born To Stand Out”. These statements, half-wise and half-irreverent, turn the bookshelf into a form of visual philosophy. A light scatter of pigment to the right interrupts the composition, reminding us that even nostalgia is never perfectly neat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Connor Brothers – the collective pseudonym of Mike Snelle and James Golding – have built an international reputation on the tension between fact and fiction. Their practice began as an invented biography, a deliberate mask that questioned the very idea of authenticity in contemporary culture. That fascination remains central: their works borrow the language of the familiar, then twist it into something both humorous and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Classics XIII, literature becomes a mirror for modern anxieties and contradictions. What looks like a library becomes a portrait of human behaviour, filtered through irony, longing and wit – an invitation to question how much of what we accept as truth is simply a story we like the sound of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hidesizetextforar\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Connor Brothers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49508271489301,"sku":"ART00237824","price":4750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/6499\/1765\/files\/926134_1.jpg?v=1762269795","url":"https:\/\/clarendonfineart.com\/products\/the-classics-xiii","provider":"Clarendon Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}