Learn to Draw

by John Lurie

A book of funny, strange, enraged, grotesque, brilliant and affectionate drawings by jazz musician and actor John Lurie.
Although Lurie has been making his naughty and often Surrealistic drawings for 20 years, it was not until 2004 that he began to exhibit them--and then to instant acclaim. In 2005, the New York Times critic Roberta Smith wrote, "music's loss may turn out to be art's gain."
In Learn to Draw , 65 black-and-white line drawings are printed across from enigmatically hilarious descriptive titles, such as "wolf serenading asses," "three car salesmen think about the same cat," or "Rose had a barn hat."

Genres: Art

136 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy John Lurie's pictures, and the titles are pretty funny, too. I was hoping to enjoy this collection of drawings by him but was disappointed by the sheer number of dick pictures, which aren't funny. Am I offended by dick pictures? No. I love Johnny Ryan's cartooning, probably about 80% of which could be described as an ongoing dick joke. In Lurie's hands, so to speak, dick cartoons are pretty much just dick cartoons.

[Joey Dhaumya · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Art has one foot in architecture, one foot in dreams."