From a review of a Westbeth exhibition titled “Maniacalaughter”: “Finally, I liked the haunting assemblages of R. Patrick Sullivan. … Sullivan’s things—frequently in the best sense and infrequently in the worst, ‘precious’—exploit the musky charm of decaying wood, old toys, costume jewelry and assorted bric‐a‐brac with arcane jokiness and a marvelous sense of ‘decadent’ stylishness.”

-Peter Schjeldahl, New York Times, Sept. 19, 1971