How to Draw a Bunny

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—01. Ray Johnson.

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"John Walter and Andrew Moore’s critically acclaimed film, How To Draw A Bunny, delves into the ever-eccentric, unquestionably enigmatic world of Ray Johnson. Billed as a 'Pop Art mystery movie,' How to Draw a Bunny launches into the investigation of the puzzling circumstances surrounding Johnson's suicide on Friday January 13, 1995 that left both his closest admirers as well as the general public baffled, wondering about the role of 'performance' in his life and in relation to his death. From Detroit to Black Mountain College to the streets of New York, How to Draw a Bunny works at the intervals, collaging together the identity of a unique artist who contributed mightily but often in an oblique manner to the explosion of Pop. According to Judith Hoffberg of Artscene, the film 'conveys how the work of the reclusive Johnson was ahead of its time in terms of both its conceptual approach and challenge to the commercial and critical establishment.' Johnson drew together the past and the present, people from all walks of life — dead and alive — and synthesized materials from text, to found objects, to textiles, into collages packed densely with subtle humour, rich pop iconography, and endless allusions to his own wider circle as a never-ending riff on contemporary culture." Watch this intriguing, hard-to-find film wherever you can.

—Ray Johnson Estate