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The Plague of Ignorance (Oil on canvas mounted on plywood, 38.5cm x 60.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

The Plague of Ignorance

One can rotate this painting in all 4 directions, the ‘Plague of Ignorance’ stays seductively and morbidly dominant.

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New photo of Dirk Marwig’s “Project Reveen” (Plywood construction, 182cm x 36cm x 21.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Project Reveen New Photo
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Salon Privilege (Oil on wood panel, 85.4cm x 122cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Salon Privilege
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Nerd -semi side view- (Maplewood construction, 50.5cm x 56.3cm x 7.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Nerd semi side

My work looks simple, easy, almost basic, …as if anyone could do it. -Hey, Anyone could but they don’t!. I was the FIRST PERSON to to construct, draw or paint “IT” and that IS what counts! I had the idea!

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Nerd (Maplewood construction, 50.5cm x 56.3cm x 7.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Nerd

The exact same engraving of the grid (with the ‘Golden Section’ as it’s DNA) is on the other side as well, which is characteristic of the repetitive behaviours found in the little (sometimes autistic) nerd with special powers.

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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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VOYEUR (Construction made from a wooden wire spool, 80cm x 111.5cm x 3cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

VOYEUR_HDR

*Six simple cuts were applied to the plywood spool (2 discs) to make the components which then were arranged to construct “VOYEUR”. An almost ‘readymade’. It makes me smile because the distilled result is so multi-layered and congruent, something you

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