Glenn Belverio

"Viewing Argento's films is a bit like having sex with a stranger in a Catholic country -- there is a nagging concern that you're doing something terribly wrong but it feels way too good to stop." - ZOO magazine, Fall 2005

Daniel Johnston, musician:

"It's tempting to compare Daniel's plight to the sort of American southern madness that inhabits a Tennessee Williams play, or to romanticize his mental illness and its arguable link to his music and drawings. You might not be irresponsible or incorrect but you'd be remiss if you didn't linger over his uniqueness." - ZOO magazine, Fall 2005

The Hanoi Central Train Station:

“Built by the French and opened in 1902, much of the station was bombed by the Americans during the Vietnam War but was later rebuilt when the Vietnamese government still favored the Soviet kitsch style. The result is an enormous, gray concrete block featuring a geometric patterned façade, flanked by two ochre-colored, restored French colonial wings. The effect is akin to an obese Russian matron who has squeezed into a delicate Madeleine Vionnet gown.” - WestEast Magazine, Fall 2004

Ron Galella, American paparazzo/Jackie Kennedy stalker:

“There are moments when Galella’s images almost threaten to tumble into a vortex where reality and fantasy merge – like the spiraling narrative of the amnesiac actress in Mulholland Drive, David Lynch’s savagely surreal commentary on Tinseltown. Of all the visions in Galella’s work, however, the most sobering seems to be the reminder of the ephemeral nature of fame and flesh.” -Essay for exhibition of Galella’s photographs

Boy George:

“The show’s MC, Boy George, emerges dressed in a boxy jacket embellished with colored string, trousers covered with prints and patches and an outsized hat with a jutting brim. As he glides down the runway, the pop icon resembles a battleship that has cruised through a crowded King’s Road clothing shop and, undeterred, has continued down the trendy boulevard, unaware of the flotsam and jetsam its hull has accumulated along the way.” – From Belverio’s upcoming book Confessions from the Velvet Ropes, St. Martin’s Press