2020 A DEEP LOOK
Take a 2020 look at yourself
Take a 2020 look at another
You can be anything this time around.
You can be any one this time around.
2020 ROADSIDE ART ACTION
Happy that a team of artists/activists have revved up a roadside art action and a grand car procession — and by uniting it all with the timely causes and messages of Black Lives Matter, the census and get out the vote. Very proud to be a part of this amazing and powerful SGV community.
2018 Rembrandt to Marc to Back Again
On the search to discover a new constellation (Mickey Mouse), a new meaning (Marc's moustache), Marc set about to erase with an electric eraser Rembrandt’s masterpiece self-portrait.
2018 obsession
2017 You say POTATOES
As both artist and subject De Ansar searches for the optical phenomena of reality. Inspired by Alberto Giacometti's portrait of James Lord, De Ansar affirms," The form is always in proportion to the obsession." And then, there are (nothing more and nothing less than) ants.
The peripatetic potato originated in the Andean Highlands some 8,000 years ago. On his ranch in Great Falls, MT Grandpa Bouska taught the fundamental importance of growing potatoes. In California, the thrill of the dig continues.
You never know what you might find.
2016 Two Birds Talking
At a cut-paper animation workshop at the Disney Museum, it was just two birds talking— just saying.
2016 The Shadow Knows, The Shadow Nose
When one contemplates the conundrum of the nose one is faced with the predicament of Pinocchio and whether or not the whole thing is a lie. When faced with the treachery of images…remember, this is not a pipe, this is not a nose, but, it might just be a sacred place.
2015 Livin' and Lovin' the Rainbow
On Christmas Eve 2015 Marc DeAnsar descended the stairs in San Francisco's City Hall in celebration of the US Supreme Court ruling that all people, regardless of gender, have a fundamental right to marry.
The rotunda was filled with merry makers enjoying the auspicious occasion.
Marc was thrilled to be to adding to the fun.
2014 Dr. Mutter and the Co-joined Cookies
Thanks to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia for appreciating all manor
of anatomical anomalies and providing the co-joined twins cookie cutter.
Two are better than one. Two are better than one.
2013 The Uffizi and the Walk of Fame
Since 1587 copies of the Giovio Portraits have been displayed in the First Corridor of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
In 2013, the Uffizi Four — Marc DeAnsar in the style of Rembrandt, Holbein, El Greco and Hals — take their place in the public archive of literary figures, rulers, statesmen and other dignitaries. This short video is a realization of Don Draper's advice, "If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation." and Marc DeAnsar's council, "If you don't like what's on the wall, change the picture."
In this update Rembrandt has the final word, "A painting is finished when an artist says it is finished."
Paul Ryan conceives — a human bean.
Jean Knight questions — Who do you think you are?
Marc DeAnsar wonders — who and when you think you are.
2012 Surface Tension - Floating the Needle
In a re-enactment of an ages-old kitchen science experiment, Richard and Judith make a competitive sport out of who can float a needle on a martini, then with glass in hand, circumnavigate the kitchen counter island.
2011 Make Me Over
Enthralled with online makeover sites, Marc DeAnsar tries on a new do
and discovers what a new do will do.
2010 Trilobite Heights
Marc DeAnsar traveled to the Trilobite Wilderness Area in Southern California to fulfill his life long dream of finding a trilobite in the wild. And he does! Sisyphus helps show the way.
2009 Man or
2007 The Theory of Humor, Take Two
an artist walks into a gallery....................
2007 The Theory of Humor
When positing a philosophical theory of humor we all know that there is something inherently funny about an ill timed joke, a pratfall or a …………… pie in the face…When Marc DeAnsar gets a pie in the face, he takes it.
2004 Puri Kura in Tokyo
2004 Pure Puri in Tokyo
2002 Out of the Box
Marc "Pepper" DeAnsar goes the rounds in a knock out with "Raging Bull" - fighting the good fight punching out the infractions against incomprehensibility.
2002 PUNCH OUT
Marc DeAnsar takes up boxing, triumphs over all obtuse villainous phrases.
2000 Making a Name, Making A Mark
Marc DeAnsar bakes up a tasty treat then eats it. Recipe included.
1999 Who? What? Where? Why?
Marc DeAnsar explores the question: Who? What? Why? Where? was your face before you were born?
1999 Still
in an effort to still his mind Marc DeAnsar stands on his head.
1998 00:00:00 of fame
In a live XO Channel report Marc DeAnsar finds fame at Falkirk Cultural Center when one of his self-portraits is exhibited. A crowd gathers to witness his unveiling and applaud his 00:00:00 OF FAME.
Enthralled with online makeover sites, Marc DeAnsar tries on a new do
and discovers what a new do will do.
2010 Trilobite Heights
Marc DeAnsar traveled to the Trilobite Wilderness Area in Southern California to fulfill his life long dream of finding a trilobite in the wild. And he does! Sisyphus helps show the way.
2009 Man or
Marc DeAnsar dons the famous Mouseketeer ears and corresponds
with Annette Funicello.
with Annette Funicello.
2008 Why Chicken?????
The proverbial question, why did the chicken cross the road ? part joke, part philosophical conundrum is transposed in DeAnsar's enactment of the chicken shadow and the Serengeti lions crossing.
an artist walks into a gallery....................
2007 The Theory of Humor
When positing a philosophical theory of humor we all know that there is something inherently funny about an ill timed joke, a pratfall or a …………… pie in the face…When Marc DeAnsar gets a pie in the face, he takes it.
2006 One in Four Parts
Dedicated to the unknown artist who created the first wholly pillow and in-sighted
the mystery of the recurring dream. DeAnsar continues his search for the guises
of the dream.
2005 The Altered I
Marc DeAnsar sets out on a quest to find some part of himself.
Parental discretion advised.
2004 Pure Puri in Tokyo
2003 The Portrait Studio
Marc DeAnsar steps inside a photo booth at the shopping mall where a sketch artist renders a likeness.
2002 Out of the Box
Marc "Pepper" DeAnsar goes the rounds in a knock out with "Raging Bull" - fighting the good fight punching out the infractions against incomprehensibility.
2002 PUNCH OUT
Marc DeAnsar takes up boxing, triumphs over all obtuse villainous phrases.
2001 Jolly Jump_UP
—some things never change
2001 Marc is ME
—some things never change
2001 Marc is ME
At Burning Man the nose and glasses prove that a little of each of us is in everyone.
Marc DeAnsar bakes up a tasty treat then eats it. Recipe included.
2000 You don’t know ME
Richard Lang and the Senior Access Singers belt out this Ray Charles classic.
1999 Who? What? Where? Why?
Marc DeAnsar explores the question: Who? What? Why? Where? was your face before you were born?
1999 Still
in an effort to still his mind Marc DeAnsar stands on his head.
1998 00:00:00 of fame
In a live XO Channel report Marc DeAnsar finds fame at Falkirk Cultural Center when one of his self-portraits is exhibited. A crowd gathers to witness his unveiling and applaud his 00:00:00 OF FAME.
1997 TIC-TAC-TOE is evidence of DeAnsar's astute skills not only as a cunning strategist, but also as a sensitive renderer of line and form. His infamous pairing "Mona, Marcel and Me" adds to the gestural statement of Duchamp's mustache on DaVinci's masterpiece.
"Stares Stairs" explores the philosophical implications of the portrait installation with an enactment of Duchamp's painting "Nude Descending the Staircase." DeAnsar considers the difficulty in creating a singular image to define and depict an identity.
