“Some artists live their work. For a lifetime they happily respond to an all-inclusive compulsion to make art. Daniel Rhodes is one of them.” Robert McDonald, art reviewer for LA Times.
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 "I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them."
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