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For Love (Wood block cut -close up- (Dirk Marwig 2016)

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This is a close-up photo of the wood block mid section of “For Love”). Really tedious,messy and boring work but I did it For Love! It does not matter how much work goes into a piece- only the end result

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Posted in Blog, Wood Cuts

New Tall Light Object (Plywood construction with cable ties, LED’s and high pigment lacquer, 274cm x 27cm x 26.4cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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This new plywood light object is only held together with the help of many cable ties from the inside and out. No glue or screws were used. Despite the height (274 cm or 9 feet) and because of it’s architecture

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Posted in Blog, Furniture, Objects

The Beauty of the Undefined and Indefinite (Oil on canvas, 204.5cm x 166.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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This large canvas invites the spectator to enter and to be part of the composition. This is only a photo but when you stand in front of this large painting, you immediately form part of it and enter the world

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Posted in Blog, Paintings

Scavenger (Bic pen on primed and oiled canvas mounted on 8mm board, 46.2cm x 76.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

scavenger

…it’s how it makes you feel.

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Posted in Blog, Drawings

Happy House(Oil on old dishrag, 33.5cm x 52cm, Dirk Marwig 2008-2016)

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This is a rework of a painting from 2008 which was never really finished. I intensified the colours, mounted it on a 6mm board and flipped it.

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Study for a new object (Bic-pen on thick drawing paper, 57cm x 76.2cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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I got back from Spain and Germany 8 days ago(my first holiday in 3 years). Then while I watched the “presidential debate” I began to jot down all the nonsense being offered to the audience with a bic-pen on a

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Posted in Blog, Drawings

The Exhibitionist (Plywood construction, 40.8cm x 49cm x 5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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This little object just makes me laugh. The glorification of the random pervert! VoilĂ .

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Posted in Blog, Objects

Dirk Marwig’s New World Cup (Cedar wood construction with turquoise oil wash, 33.5cm x 37cm x 37cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Dirk Marwig's World Cup

My only trophy. My turquoise New World Cup Trophy. My”feel good” present to myself.

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Pizzazz (Oil on canvas, 95.5cm x 154.2cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Pizzazz

It’s the 13th of July and I’m still so very slow working due to my knee injury but today I finally finished this new painting. Highly my kind of “deconstructivism” showing my idea of cool “Pizzazz”ness. This painting is based

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ORIWAKO (Oil on wood panel, 91.5cm x 61cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

ORIWAKO

This painting was in my studio for more than a year and yesterday I finished it adding the last few essentials it needed. While I was working on it the name “Oriwako” kept going through my mind. I later looked

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