Sunday, November 8, 2015

Theme and hodgepodge

For years I have been interested in the idea of identity, masks, personas, doppelgängers, the nom de plume. My project to define and depict my alter-ego began in 1996 when I discovered that Marcel Duchamp created  Rrose Sélavy and signed many of his seminal works in her name. That sparked the thought that I too should have a pseudonym and should art and enact an ongoing series of works authored by my new character. Wanting him to be funny, full of good humor, I donned the nose and glasses of Groucho Marx and began.

Each year for 25 years I am painting 4 portraits 22" x 30" and I am making a 3-5 minute video of his antics. Upon the completion of my project I intend to have 100 portraits and just over an hour of video footage.

It has definitely been a mixed media endeavor. Some years a theme has been developed, other years it has been a hodgepodge of exploration.

From 1996:

From 2003:

From 2013:





Sunday, June 28, 2015

PRIDE

In June 2015, Marc was keen to celebrate the Pride Month by going all in with the rainbow. Facebook offered a rainbow filter and the rainbow clown wig were perfect complements.