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Dyslexika-Separation-Rejection -side view- (Plywood, Plexiglass + String construction, 80cm x 58cm x 29cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Dyslexika 1

This is the full side view.

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Dyslexika (Plywood, Plexiglass + String construction, 80cm x 58cm x 29cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Dylexika

The new object “Dyslexika” photographed with my studio camera in the living room on the day it was completed(Monday,August 25th 2014 in West Vancouver, Canada). This object plays with tension on various levels, mostly with mine! “Dyslexika” is something that

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Sweet Delicate Thing (Old Drum skin, Plex-glass, Orange string + Blood wood base, 97cm x 43.5cm x 8cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Sweet Delicate Thing

-This object glows from the inside. It transmits a calm, warm glow; delicate,sweet and tranquil. This object again is a metaphor: The drum skin has been beaten and banged up all of it’s life to the delight and enjoyment of

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Sweet Delicate Thing (Old Drum skin, Plex-glass + Blood wood base, 97cm x 43.5cm x 8cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Sweet Delicate Thing

This object has been waiting to be finished for a while now. Today I built the base, cleaned “it”up + photographed “it” on the patio table after it stopped raining. The “real” photograph I will make as soon as the

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Mankind (High pigment lacquer on plywood mounted on wood panel, 91.5cm x 91.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

REMOVED

*Mankind” is the result of the cut up “Flop Object”(an object I worked on for a long time, but then suddenly decided to trash). I cut all the salvaged wood into perfect ‘Golden Rhombi’, then assorted all the pieces on

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“TOTALLY REMOVED”-unfinished version- Dirk Marwig 2014 (Special Lacquer on plywood mounted on wood panel, 91.5cm x 91.5cm)

Raw in the Studio

“TOTALLY REMOVED” Dirk Marwig 2014 (Special Lacquer on plywood mounted on wood panel, 91.5cm x 91.5cm) photographed in the Vancouver, Canada Studio, Sat.Aug 8th 2014, 2:17am) “Totally Removed” is what I made from the destroyed “FLOP OBECT”. It’s not quite

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FLOP OBJECT “Dyslexic Geometry”, July 2014. Self-destructed plywood construction, Dirk Marwig July 2014

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“FLOP OBJECT” of July 2014 This plywood object: ‘Dyslexic Geometry’ was completely ruined when I glued the last piece.(Too much weight was put on one side during the clamping process and it exploded!) I took these pics the night before

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ZWISCHENWELT “In-between World” detail A (Oil on canvas, 100cm x 81cm, Dirk Marwig, Madrid 1993)

ZWISCHENWELT  detail A

This is a detail of “Zwischenwelt” from 1993. I think that it is appropriate to publish this painting again for this reason: I find it interesting that all these airplanes in the past few days, weeks and months have gone

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Resonance (Oil on Japan-Paper mounted off centre on white plywood square, 48.3cm x 48.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2011)

Resonance New!

This is a gift to Nadim Amar. This little painting was in my “unfinished work” box for 3 years until I mounted it on a square (painted white) piece of plywood (but not in the centre) just like you see

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Dirk Marwig Flying to Vancouver,Canada from Germany in 2007

Image of Dirk Marwig, May 2007

I took this Photo of myself flying to Vancouver, Canada from Frankfurt, Germany in May of 2007. What was in store for me? I’m publishing this photo here in my ‘Blog’ section since I am very photo-shy now and very

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