I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation by The Connor Brothers Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Pigment Print With Silkscreen Varnish Dimensions: 130 x 80 cm Edition production year: 2019 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?A raised garment blocks the figure’s mouth beneath a slogan about failed restraint, making temptation register as a contradiction between emphatic language and bodily concealment. The supplied artist profile describes The Connor Brothers’ practice as combining vintage imagery with contemporary text. Here, that pairing makes an apparently familiar illustration operate as an ambiguous, captioned scene rather than simple nostalgia.In the photograph, red surrounds and partly covers the figure, while one eye remains visible above her arm. The centred white statement, “I CAN RESIST EVERYTHING EXCEPT TEMPTATION,” may read as confession, imposed caption, or joke; the obscured mouth keeps its speaker uncertain.Catalogued as a 2019 pigment print with silkscreen varnish, the work uses print media to bind image and lettering into a poster-like structure. The varnish might create shifts in sheen when seen in person, though these cannot be established from the photograph.At the catalogued scale of 130 by 80 cm, a private defensive gesture is enlarged toward public address. Its curatorial interest lies in redirecting advertising’s union of body and catchphrase toward uncertainty about agency and desire. About the ArtistThe Connor Brothers The Connor Brothers is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: British British contemporary artists known for pop art and narrative-driven works.
