"it's all about being happy about whatever you can be happy about," [daniel reich] said. "my generation grew up in a time when we didn't have heroes. you grew up believing you were being hoodwinked and manipulated—and knowing you were, but learning to enjoy it because it came in fun colors or was on mtv.

"the bottom line," he added, "was that i really wanted to have a gallery, and sometimes you just have to start doing something with whatever you have at your disposal."

- benjamin genocchio, "how an art scene became a youthscape," new york times january 23, 2004