It is astounding to me the extent of John Kelly's ingenuity and initiative to use what ever tool comes to his use, including costume, his own beautifully expressive body, paint, facial expression, light... what ever, to illuminate areas of his own curiosity, which in turn so often are areas of my own. He actually comes to intriguing and satisfying answers.... things to mull over...and then even more questions about more curious things: The life of a particular artist he admires --, say, Egon Schiele, or Joni Mitchel; or the exploration of an idea-- say power, loneliness, beauty, form, the creative process itself. What a gorgeous book about a beautiful man.
John Kelly (2wice Arts Foundation Monograph)