The Origin of a Species and The Mixed Martial Arts was a seven-year grapple, “Although one can never prove sincerity unto another, this is a work of non-fiction.”
And,
“All that is told here has been witnessed by many and may stretch your current conceptions. This is what we mostly pure pugilists pursue. No matter how diversified the beginning may seem, it all congealed, the end still untreaded upon. My interests and intentions are well travelled. As Nabokov wrote in Invitation to a Beheading, This we can call the pleasure of art; it occupies an important place in {my} life.”
“He has continued to dedicate himself to the largely unexplored territory between the fine and the martial arts.” Jessica Hoffman
“The full scope of John Perretti’s talents and abilities is known to very few and can be appreciated by even fewer. As a fighter he was cunning, ruthless and impervious to pain and defeat. As a human being, he is sensitive, brilliant, resourceful, and brutally honest. If you could combine Da Vinci, Bruce Lee, and Budda, that would make up John Perretti.” Dr. Alex Eingorn
Understanding his important past clues will give an enormous entrance wound as to the imagery held and displayed at The Silos show, both in painting and sculpture.
