Mr Brainwash | Hope is Beautiful (Silkscreen Edition) Tonight the lights are bright Gold has always been the

Gold has always been the material of the sacred and the sovereign: here it frames the face of a child caught in something neither sacred nor sovereign but simply terrible

Mixed media (marker/ink) on chipboard panel

The incompleteness is the point: this is a painting about atmosphere

The large format gives the typography the monumental presence it needs

We Must Be Careful is among the most quietly powerful titles in The Connor Brothers' output — a phrase of caution and restraint that sits in productive tension with the transgressive visual language of their vintage pulp fiction imagery

Mr Brainwash | Hope is Beautiful (Silkscreen Edition) Tonight the lights are bright Gold has always been theMr Brainwash Hope is Beautiful (Silkscreen Edition) Silkscreen edition on paper 25 25 in (framed) Mr Brainwash the alias of French born, Los Angeles based artist Thierry Guetta built his reputation on collaging the imagery of twentieth century pop culture into street rooted, optimistic compositions, a practice that found a global audience after Banksys 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. Hope is Beautiful continues that visual language: a