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Folded (Oil on plywood, 58cm x 70cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Posted on March 18, 2016 by admin
Folded

-This Painting/Object is about finding beauty and coolness in something totally mundane and insignificant: the random little piece of math paper, “folded” and “discarded” (enlarged 700% and painted on a flat, thin and shaped plywood board).

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Old but cool work from 1995! ‘Untitled’ 1995 (Oil chalk and watercolour on thick paper, 49.5cm x 67.5cm, Dirk Marwig 1995)

Posted on March 14, 2016 by admin
PAPER SCULPTURE SHOW INVITATION - Version 2 copy

An example from 1995 of how my mind 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 exactly the…

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Mediterranean Chic -different angle- (Shaped plywood object with oil, 41cm x 80cm x 25.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by admin
Mediterranean Chic 2nd angle

This was fun to photograph. It has so many cool angles because of the ‘shape’ and ‘bend’ given to the plywood. On top of that the distorted lines with 2 external “flight points” which correspond to the ‘essence’ or flow…

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Mediterranean Chic (Shaped plywood object with oil, 41cm x 80cm x 25.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by admin
Mediterranean Chic
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Anisotropic (Plywood and plexiglass construction with LED lights, cable ties and remote ctrl., 182.5cm x 49cm x 4cm (base: 36cm x 41cm) Dirk Marwig 2016)

Posted on January 9, 2016 by admin — No Comments ↓
Anisotropic A+B

Anisotropy is the property of being directionally dependent. An example of anisotropy is the light coming through a polarizer. Another is wood, which is easier to split along its grain than against it. In physics cosmic anisotropy has been seen…

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A piece from 2013: La Gloriosa or “Glorious, Decaying Empire” (Douglas Fir, wood glue, wood oil, 227.5cm x 28cm x 18cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Posted on January 3, 2016 by admin — No Comments ↓
La Gloriosa

*This was a big slice of Douglas Fir which first I turned into a perfect rectangular “block”. The newly created “block” had the “Golden Rectangle” shape or the ‘divine proportions/dimensions’. Then I wildly started to cut the block apart ,…

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36 pieces from 2015 -Paintings, Objects and ‘Furniture’- A productive year for me. (Dirk Marwig, December 19th 2015)

Posted on December 19, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓
Dirk Marwig 2015 Works (1)

A good year. Quality and Quantity. 36 pieces (paintings, objects, wood block prints and “furniture”) plus I stopped smoking (cold turkey style) which was probably the most difficult thing I’ve done so far. This is a photo compilation of the…

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ZAP-GAP CHAIR -Various Angles- (Plywood with plexi-glass inlay and cable ties, 98.5cm x 63.5cm x 41cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Posted on December 9, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓
ZAP-GAP Various Angles New

Various angles of my GAP-ZAP chair.

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ZAP-GAP CHAIR (Plywood with plexi-glass inlay and cable ties, 98.5cm x 63.5cm x 41cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Posted on December 6, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓
ZAP-GAP A

A key MOMENT in ART or “DESIGN”! -The “ZAP-GAP” CHAIR is the only chair in the world EVER with this design and construction. You might not like it, but “IT” certainly is special(in a good way, of course!). My 4th…

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ZAP-GAP CHAIR by Dirk Marwig (Plywood and Cable Tie Chair with plexi-glass inlay, deconstructed preview Nov. 28th 2015)

Posted on November 28, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓
ZAP-GAP DECONSTRUCTED

I usually do not make furniture but this was a kind of test for me. In this preview pic you can see the deconstructed version of my new “ZAP-GAP”chair held together only with the help of 48 cable ties. Rock…

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