How to Draw a Bunny
2002, NR, 90 min.
Directed by John W. Walter.

As enigmatic in death as he was in life, artist Ray Johnson is the subject of this probing documentary. A collagist and the founding father of mail art, Johnson has become much more widely known since his suicide in 1995, which threw the extent of his work into view. His colleagues and others who knew him provide testimony about Johnson’s greatest artwork and performance piece: himself. Yet the details only make the puzzle of his life more fascinating and enigmatic than ever.

This article appears in June 18 • 2004.

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