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New Territory (Oil on canvas, 115cm x 115cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

New Territory
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Dirk Marwig ‘Self Portrait’ – Photograph- June 16th 2017, West Vancouver, Canada

Dirk Marwig Self Portrait June 2017 AA 1

I do not like “selfies” but I needed to update my human ‘image’. So today (june 16th 2017) was the day to take that photo in front of a new painting which might be finished. For the “photo-phile”: the photo

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Something fun: “The Dilettante Scarf” -Dirk Marwig design-

Dilettante Scarf

Something fun: The Dilettante Scarf -I designed it and my G-friend (Margareta Reeve) knitted it. (100% cotton, 222cm x 30 cm, May 2017)

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Dirk Marwig portrait by Linda Covello with untitled painting in New York City, 1987.

Dirk Marwig Covello portrait 1987
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The Irrelevance of Everything -detail mid section- (Oil on cotton cloth mounted on plywood, 36.3cm x 51.6cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Detail from Irrelevance of Everything
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Dirk Marwig ARCHIVES: The Before and After of “Everything is only a Trick”

Everything is only a Trick A+B

“Everything ing is only a Trick” from 2015 -Before and After view from the Dirk Marwig Archives- *Everything is only a Trick (Free-standing plywood construction with titanium white oil wash, 75cm x 63cm x 14.6cm, Dirk Marwig 2015) Here’s the

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“Dilettante” side views Dirk Marwig blog March 22nd 2017

Dilettante -side view

Can’t you just picture the Dilettante at the show opening with hands in his/her pocket, posing and looking cool? hah! The slaves of fashion. Ignorant ego-trippers. This is the side view:

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The Dilettante Standing on a Shiny Floor (Pacific yellow cedar and plexiglass, 95.5cm x 21cm x 10.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Dilettante A+B together

Dilettante: A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. In this case: The groomed, posing and ‘vogueing’ hipster standing on a shiny floor at every art gallery opening. He or she

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Dirk Marwig: 3 fun objects (for the intelligent) from 2012

3 objects from 2012

3 objects (for the intelligent) from 2012 where the subconscious led the way. Fun stuff. 1) Black High Heel Fetish(Model) (Nylon cable tie construction, 24cm x 24cm x 22cm, Dirk Marwig 2012) 2) NEVERFLAT ESTRELLA (My old basketball flattened out

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Untitled 2017 (Oil on wood panel, 94.5cm x 76.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Untitled 2017

Paintings have a language of their own. In this case words simply fail again.

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