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U.N. (Enamel and high pigment lacquer on plywood, 51cm x 51cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

U.N.

This painting corresponds to the “Airport” painting : the outline of my irregular heptagon constructed only with the help of the “Golden Rectangle”. The spectator is again involved to connect the invisible lines inside of the ‘outline’. Endless possibilities.

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Airport (High pigment lacquer on plywood inlay, 62cm x 62cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Airport

This painting shows how to ‘construct’ an irregular heptagon on the basis of the ‘Golden Rectangle’. Even if this is an irregular 7 sided polygon(irregular heptagon) there is an intrinsic feeling of harmony and balance that can only be explained

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Angel Sofa (L.:300cm,H.:76cm,D.:108cm, Solid aged fir, plywood, high gloss enamel and 17 fitted removable and washable cushions, Dirk Marwig 2011)

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Angel Sofa (photographed in living room, 2011 in West Vancouver, Canada)

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The making of my “Angel Sofa” Dirk Marwig 2011

Making of Sofa!

Angel sofa (L.:300cm,H.:76cm,D.:108cm, Solid aged fir, plywood, high gloss enamel and 17 fitted removable and washable cushions, Dirk Marwig 2011) -I don’t really like making something “useful” but sometimes one just cannot ‘buy’ what one is looking for: in this

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Margareta (-Plywood construction-plywood and fishing line, 48.5cm x 28.5cm x 38cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Margareta

Sometimes ‘it’ just happens: with my kind of twisted logic I cut various pieces of plywood rests at a particular angle, assorted the cut pieces according to size and then started sewing the pieces together. Without thinking or expecting something

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Balkonien (Plywood construction-wall object-, 85.3cm x 80.2cm x 4,5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Balkonien

“Balkonien” the resort on the balcony(‘Balkon’ in german). If you can’t afford to go anywhere on vacation, you can always go to Balkonien! -I used 32 ‘Golden Rectangles’, dissected them into their major components (2 triangles or 3 proportionate squares

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Medium (Plywood construction with nylon string – kinetic object-, 65cm x 86cm x 41cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Medium new

I always wanted to make a ‘mobile’ or a ‘kinetic object’ with perfect balance but not with ‘wire’ because for some reason I don’t like ‘wire’. This plywood object hangs from the ceiling with a nylon string and moves, shakes

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“?” (Plywood and plastic straw construction, 20.3cm x 20.3cm x 5.7cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

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Here is a photo of the little ‘desk-object’ called “?” I gave this little “desk Object” away today on my “Ello” page: https://ello.co/dirkmarwig This little gift was token of my appreciation to all the people who have shown interest in

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The Soul of Constructivism (Plywood construction painted with oil and enamel, 87cm x 26cm x 10cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

The Soul of Constructivism

This wall object’s appearance depends on the lighting or illumination.

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Something for the Log Cabin (Plywood construction with high pigment lacquer -wall object- , 106cm x 84.3cm x 3.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Something for the Log Cabin

This wall object is a meditation piece. It’s made to relax and stimulate the mind at the same time. Something for the retreat in the log cabin in the mountains.

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