title: Other Animals: Drawings and Journals
author: David Vaughan
description: "The inventive genius of Merce Cunningham is limitless. "--Susan Sontag<br /><br />"It is such a pleasure to learn about the genius of Mr. Cunninghams dances. I love his wit and his unique intelligence. " --Mark Morris<br /><br />"<i>Other Animals</i> reveals the whimsical personality and unique vision of the worlds greatest living choreography."--<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i>, August 11, 2002<br /><br />. . . the nearly beatific equanimity of his [Cunninghams] artistic disposition is made luminously clear in <i>Other Animals</i> . . . it is hard to believe that such a graphic gift lay dormant until he was past 60."--<i>Art on Paper</i>, July/August 2002<br /><br />The drawings are quirky, riveting and anything but bland . . . his bird and animal drawings reflect an intimate side of Cunningham that even his closest friends rarely get to see."--<i>New Yorker</i>, July 8, 2002<br /><br />"His publisher Aperture, and his editor Melissa Harris, have done Mr. Cunningham proud."--<i>The New York Times</i>, July 31, 2002<br /><br /> -- <i>Review</i><br /><br />"'Other Animals' is a fantasy safari, its anthropomorphic wildlife corralled from Cunningham's journals: a hook-billed bird riding a turtle bareback; 'an ugly giraffe on a Hot Tin Roof like the mind on a weary day'; an ostrich with one foot extended, white feathers flared like a funky tutu." --The New York Times Book Review<br /><br />"His witty pictures have one serious advantage over his dances--they won't disappear the minute you see them." --Time Out New York<br /><br />"Now his playful colored-pencil-and-ink drawings get star billing in an opulent volume that also contains photographs, journal entries, explanatory notes by David Vaughan, and a personal introduction by the dancer-turned-choreographer himself." -- Robert Atkins --ARTnews
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