The Connor Brothers, the pseudonymous British artists behind a provocative art identity, are Mike Snelle and James Golding, who rose to prominence in 2012-13. Initially masquerading as fictional brothers Franklyn and Brendan Connor, raised in a cult and living in Brooklyn, they used this elaborate myth as their public persona. In 2014, the truth was revealed: the “Connor Brothers” are not brothers at all, but two former art dealers from London, creating work rooted in their real experiences of mental health challenges, addiction, recovery, and identity. Their work sits at the intersection of conceptual art, pop culture appropriation, and visual satire, especially drawing on 1950s advertising, Hollywood starlets, vintage paperback and pulp fiction aesthetics. The signature “Pulp Fiction” series and “Mills & Boon-inspired covers” combine ironic text and romantic cliché with evocative imagery to challenge clichés, gender norms, and cultural expectations. Their prints, paintings and mixed media works provoke discussions on truth vs fiction, reality, perception, identity and how we construct meaning through popular imagery.