FLOW LIGHT OBJECT with Stand (Plexi-Glass construction, Dirk Marwig 1997)

Flow Light Object w. Stand

“This is how the ‘Flow Light Object’ originally was presented in 1997. This pic was taken in my home(you can see the”Big Painting” and a few other furniture pieces as well).It was shown at an art expo in Valencia, Spain that same year. At a party in 1998 at my house someone accidentally SAT on the plexiglass construction(thinking it was a chair) and crushed the damned thing. The only thing that survived was the top part, which still works and is at my friend’s(Henar Diez Villar) house in Madrid.”

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Thoughts I had during the creation of “12 Tone Scream”- Dirk Marwig 2014

12 Tone Scream

As you probably can imagine “painting”(or any work of art) IS it’s very own language. Words are not able to explain the total complexity of a “work of art”. As in a great composition of music there are just too many layers to interpret or to focus on as to be able to “explain” what the totality of the work of art consists of; it either “touches”- or “moves” you or it doesn’t- very simple. That’s why most of the time I do not comment on my work because i would have to write a book or two to explain everything that comes to my mind regarding the piece. I let my “gut-feeling” guide me and I hope that this “gut-feeling” is somehow transmitted to the viewer. Most of the time I do not quite understand myself what I am doing, but if I’m “surprised” by a piece, so will the viewer! -That is also when I know that a piece is “finished”.
I can give a short summery of ideas that went through my head while I was creating a piece(painting, object, drawing, furniture or “other”) but I could never “explain” the totality of content in the creation.
I find it interesting, though, to let the viewer be informed of what went through my mind during the creation process (I’ve also included the painting “12 TONE SCREAM” for reference purposes)
Here is an example of I was thinking during the creation of “12 TONE SCREAM”:

-……the painting will be based on the”Lulu Suite” by composer Alban Berg: the 12 Tone Composition method
-……the painting should depict sounds.-Shrill, Crass, Calculated, off key but ‘moving the soul’ and beautifully composed
-……it should be a VISUAL “12 Tone” composition
-……the grand piano will be on the lower right corner
-……the orchestra should be a crazy mass of colour and energy in the centre
-……the “soloist” should have her mouth open

12 Tone Scream (Oil on Wood panel, 122cm x 91.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

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This is what i used to look like in New york when i was 25 years old!- Dirk Marwig

Dirk NYC 1985

“This is what i used to look like in New york when i was 25 years old! Getting old is a bitch,right? This summer my mother(Margot Marwig) gave me a folder with pics that i used to send her, basically to let her know that i was still alive. This is one of them taken by an italian photographer(Rene Volpi)who used to take photos for the modelling agencies in New York in the 1980’s.-Like today i’m always looking in the other direction(like not wanting to be distracted), maybe looking for a different angle but mostly looking inside myself because that’s where all the answers are.”

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Introduction to an interview with Dirk Marwig By Ulysses Belz (Madrid, Spain, June 1999) -in German-

3 OBJECTS-FISCHER GALLERY

DIRK MARWIG
“Was der Mensch mit den Haenden
bearbeitet, sieht am Ende immer organisch
aus.”
Ein Gespraech mit Ulysses Belz, Madrid, 28. Juni 1999.

Dirk Marwig (Bochum 1960) hat seinen Objektegarten zur Zeit in die Ausstellungsraeume des Goethe-Instituts Madrid verlegt. Dort sieht man auch Teile seiner Wohnung, deren Moebel und Gebrauchsgegenstaende Bestandteil seines Werkes sind.

Die Objekte und Skulpturen von Dirk Marwig sind Ergebnisse eines oftmals parodierenden Spiels mit der Geometrie der Gebrauchsgueter um uns herum. Triviales aus der Warenwelt erblueht zu abstrakter Schoenheit. Ein Basketball wird auf Sprunghoehe in die Laenge gezogen und mutiert zu einer Schlanken Spindel aus antikem Fichtenholz. Eine Brille vermehrt sich nach Art der Seifenblasen. Meterhohe, fragile Holzmodelle lassen an die Molekularkonstruktion von Designerdrogen denken.

Marwigs handwerkliche Perfektion verbluefft den Betrachter, er ist ein Virtuose der Materialkombinationen. Die scheinbare Muehelosigkeit seiner Technik verschafft den Gedanken und Assoziationen des Betrachters Spielraum. Immer neue Abwandlungen der konstruktiven Grundstrukturen blitzen als Moeglichkeiten auf, die Schnittmuster der Dinge werden zu einem Katalog abstrakter Variationsmoeglichkeiten.

Dirk Marwig ist ein Pirat der Geometie, der es auf die Schubschiffe der Zwecke und Funktionen abgesehen hat. Seine Art, den Enterhaken auf sie zu werfen ist cool und treffsicher.

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TWISTER in my Studio Madrid, 1996 (Plywood object/construction, 298cm x 41cm x 41cm, Dirk Marwig 1996)

Studio 1996 Madrid_'Twister'

“I just found this photo. It’s of the object “Twister” photographed in my Madrid studio in 1996. It was still unfinished here in this pic -I later rubbed red chalk onto every 2nd plywood disc to give it more of a “spin/twist” feel. It is now in a private collection in Frankfurt, Germany.”

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6 New Technique bracelets (Walnut-, Maple- and Cherrywood, Cable ties, Dirk Marwig 2013)

6 New Technique Bracelets

“I made ‘fashion jewelry’ to sell in my 20’s when I was living in New York City. Now I only make a few pieces here and there for the people I love. It’s also a way for me to try out new structural possibilities. This here is one example: I like simplicity and i like to combine things that normally wouldn’t ‘go’ together, like in this case combining hardwood with nylon cable ties to make something one can wear. These bracelets fit comfortably because they ‘give’ a little but are firmly held together by the cable ties. They are not glued. Using this new technique i will make much larger “things”(i will not say what-because then it will not be a surprise!-besides people like to copy my ideas and call them their own—unfortunately this happened to me many times before.”

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Flyer for the “Ice-Bear” or “Klapse” club in Frankfurt-October 1982 (Ink on cardboard, Dirk Marwig 1982)

ice bear

-Those were the days when all publicity images was still hand drawn or simply just photographed, the days before computer images- a long time ago!
This is a flyer I did when I was 22 (for the club I worked at in Frankfurt,Germany)during my moves to NYC. I would fly back to Frankfurt and pick up some stuff I needed in New York and see my friends who were club owners and who gave me some design work to do while in town. The Club was called ”Eis Bear”(Polar Bear) or “Klapse”(Mental Institution) because the decor was all white and the music a mix of “Neue Deutsche Welle” plus Disco. It was a fun place to go to. The owner and main DJ of the club was Michael Muenzing, who later on produced “Snap”, a late 1980′s early 1990′s pop group. Michael Muenzing was also the main DJ in the DORIAN GRAY “small room” that featured R+B/Funk Music, apposed to the DORIAN GRAY main room that featured “BIJAN”(my DJ inspiration-he was the BEST), who played EVERYTHING that was hot(The LARRY LEVIN of Europe)…with elegance,style and POWER.
Michael Muenzing was also later on part owner the famous club “OMEN”, where Sven Väth got his chance(because there was nobody else around) to shine, I guess. Hence a star was born(or artificially produced).

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In general: People do not think, THEY REACT.

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Lift Geometry (Archival ink + oil on Japan -paper, 24 cm x 32 cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Lift Geometry

This drawing was a Christmas gift(2013) to the first(1st) person who contacted me. It was Bryan Wells of Edmonton,Canada. He is a smart man. Thank you for visiting my site and for your appreciation!

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Klondike semi side view (Maplewood, 29.5cm x 55.5cm x 3.4cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Klondike semi side view

“This is the semi-side-top view of Klondike- here you can see very well the “positive-negative 3/4 flip” effect. I named it “Klondike” for that same reason: The positive to negative transition- most people went to the Klondike with high hopes(positive) but most of the prospectors left with less than they arrived with(negative)!”

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