Every generation rewrites the language of attraction.

Licensed to thrill explores the choreography of desire—where seduction becomes a form of permission—an invitation to want without apology. Charlotte Rose and The Connor Brothers return to Austin to raise a glass to the stories we stage and the truths we swallow, inviting viewers into a world where danger is pleasure and seduction is intent.

Licensed to thrill is a love letter to lust, power, and the stylish rush of not playing it safe. Wrapped in glamour and gleam, the works seduce at first glance – then press closer. Texts flirt and incriminate, while portraits hold their poise, tenderness flickering at the edges. Charlotte Rose and The Connor Brothers mine pop culture’s most seductive icons and give them new scripts: one that understands irony as a form of armor and pleasure as a form of truth.

Charlotte Rose pulls apart advertising’s glossy façade, prescribing new truths to old illusions. Her bold, branded repetitions echo Warhol and Harland Miller, but point sharper toward mortality, desire, and the dangerous dreams we are sold, captivating a devoted following with her distinctive vision.

The Connor Brothers twist nostalgia into irony, their pulp-inspired works blurring truth and fiction. Retro covers and borrowed texts wink back with biting wit, their satire as seductive as it is sobering, often playing with themes of public and private persona. Beneath the punchlines lies a reminder: every story is a performance, every image a kind of invention.

Licensed to thrill invites you to misbehave beautifully, to disregard the rules, reading between the brushstrokes to linger on what’s said, what’s shown, and what beckons just below the surface. Because truth, like beauty, is dangerous in the spotlight.