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

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

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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Time and Beauty (Ink and oil on canvas, 91cm x 60.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2016-2021)

Beauty = the Best Humanity has to offer(in all categories). Thank you.

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Mega Over-Pop (Oil on treated cotton mounted on wood panel, 100.8cm x 62cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Overpopulation. Way too much.

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“I Will Always See You” (Chinese ink and gesso on paper, mounted on plywood, 76.8cm x 54.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

This photo shows the entire painting: The “outside” edges are perfectly ‘squared’ but the ‘paper part’ is “off” on purpose.

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Preview for: “I Will Always See You” (Chinese ink and gesso on paper, mounted on plywood, 77cm x 55cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Something fun and new (preview) Photographed in my studio after completion with iPhone: “I Will Always See You” (Chinese ink and gesso on paper, mounted on plywood, 77cm x 55cm, Dirk Marwig 2016) Sometimes ‘things’ just happen when you “give

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Phenomenon (Oil on stretched thick hardened cotton cloth, 91.5cm x 91.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

This one is difficult to explain. It just happened. It freaks me out. Just look at it for a while and you’ll know why. -We always see ‘things’ but are not aware of what exactly we are witnessing until we

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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)

*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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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 ‘Trick’ : This object is perfectly balanced from the inside and that’s why it stands on any hard and level surface the way you see it in the photo. It won’t fall unless you push it. -If you

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Headdress for the Divine Benevolent -5 angles- (Wearable plywood object with nylon string and high pigment lacquer, 78cm x 75cm x 82cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Here are just 5 angles of this cool headdress. There are so many more. To wear it you must be a divine benevolent or at least aspire to be one!

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