Film: How to Draw a Bunny (CANCELED)
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When conformity is often prized over eccentricity in our society, what kind of bravery does it take to believe in your own ideas and intentions and shut everything else out? The Foundation for Self-Taught American Artists believes imagination should be rewarded and aims to create a deeper understanding and broader appreciation of self-taught art though the production and promotion of documentary films.
Introduced by Richard Feigen
dirs. John Walter and Andrew Moore, US, 2002, video, 90 mins, color
How to Draw a Bunny explores the fascinating, often hilarious, and always enigmatic world of artist and underground icon Ray Johnson. A ‘Pop Art mystery movie,” the film is framed by Johnson’s mysterious death on Friday, January 13, 1995, the puzzling circumstances of which left both his intimate admirers and the general public wondering if this was a final “performance.” Little has been written about him, yet the man who many have dubbed “the most famous unknown artist” was considered a genius whose career spanned nearly fifty years and whose collages have been exhibited in major museums around the world.
This award-winning documentary features in-depth interviews with famous artworld personalities including Roy Lichtenstein, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, James Rosenquist, and NYC gallery owner Richard Feigen.
