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Time = Energy Model (Falsecypress, plywood, plexi-glass and waxed string, 70.5cm x 45cm x 10.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

(Time = Energy Model seen from the front-slightly looking from above) This piece really relaxes me. I cannot put into words how it makes me feel. Mesmerizing. Timeless, possibly.

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The Dance of Captivity ( 6 wooden coat hangers cut through the centre then reassembled, gold leaf and glue, 50cm x 94cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Three dancing girls or ballerinas that also look like a piece of barbed wire. This ‘Dance of Captivity’ can be used as a metaphor for many situations in life. It could also be a good logo for the North Korean

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Golden Section Construction (36 recycled packaging plywood golden section rectangles,wood glue,staples,77cm x 59cm x 50cm,Dirk Marwig 2013)

This post shows how I created the “divine Angle” of 137.5º going about it in my dyslexic way: -This is just a model using 36 recycled (packaging plywood) golden section rectangles.(6 rectangles per ‘story'(6 ‘stories’) all connected at the “Golden

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TV (Oil on canvas,140cm x 208.7cm,Dirk Marwig 2013)

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RED SEATVELD CHAIR- Dirk Marwig 1997

(Plywood construction,Dirk Marwig, Madrid, 1997)

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

I still can’t believe that I made this sofa alone in my relatively small studio. It consists of 5 separate structural pieces which can easily be assembled and 17 custom fitted cushions( all with zippers so that they can be

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CRASH MODEL (Archival ink on paper, 35.6cm x 27.9cm,Dirk Marwig 2007)

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Wuhu Island (Pigment ink on archival tape on paper, 27.3cm x 33cm, Dirk Marwig 2010)

*Turbulent Flow. An energetic Thrust caused by the vigorous Flapping of Wings in a Sky full of Obstacles. Aperture and Art. Clairvoyance when it is needed.

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‘Untitled’ 1995 (Oil chalk and watercolour on thick paper, 49.5cm x 67.5cm, Dirk Marwig 1995)

An example from 1995 of how my mind loves and processes geometry. I see this image of one of my earlier works and wonder how I managed this. This one seems so simple but if you try to reconstruct it

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KUNG FU MASTER (Archival ink on Japan-paper, 23.5cm x 32cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

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