HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY

• by Raphaela Neihausen, November 20, 2008

Written by Nicole Alicia Watson

On Friday January 13, 1995, pop artist Ray Johnson’s body was found floating in Sag Harbor. In the investigation that followed those who knew Johnson admitted that they knew very little about him. Popular and still unknown; those close to Johnson had stories to tell but few claimed to know much about him. In his film HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY, director John Walter collected these stories and pieced them together: an appropriate narrative for an enigmatic collagist. Walter started conduction interviews with artists such as Chuck Close and Christo in 1996-97 and the film was finished in 2000. From the film, one gathered that Johnson was an artist who made art on his own terms and never seemed to lack inspiration.

Walter was on hand to discuss his work on HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY as well as his upcoming film THEATER OF WAR, a documentary following the Public Theatre’s recent production of Mother Courage. THEATER OF WAR will open at the Film Forum on December 25, 2008.

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