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

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

WUHU ISLANDx

*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)

PAPER SCULPTURE SHOW INVITATION - Version 2 copy

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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VANCOUVER DRAWING (Archival ink on acid free tape on paper, 30cm x 20.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2006)

vancouver drawing(after rio) copy

* This was the first drawing I did shortly after arriving in Canada after being in Rio for 6 months.

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FLAG (Oil and ink on Japan-paper, 31.5cm x 64cm, Dirk Marwig 2010)

FLAG new copy

* This painting/drawing is a 3D experiment – Stare only at the ‘red’ line area and suddenly the whole painting/drawing turns into a ‘space’, ‘things’ overlap, shake and move! Subtle OP ART.

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COLOUR THEORY (study) (Oil and archival ink on ‘Japan-paper’, 32cm x 23.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2007)

Colour Theory new
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TO HELL AND BACK (Colored inks on acid free tape on paper,30cm x 22cm, Dirk Marwig 2006)

TO HELL AND BACK copy

Whenever I feel like a loser(which is often), I look at my drawing from 2006 and find a little bit of hope. It makes me feel like everything is possible if I put my mind to it. Focus… Dream… and

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Loose (Oil on ‘Japan-paper’, 32cm x 23.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2007)

TIED-UP copy
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Crazy Horse (Plywood construction, 55cm x 66.5cm x 22cm, Dirk Marwig 12.12.2012 !!)

Crazy Horse SQ

Art and the Political Statement: Crazy Horse *In my childhood my family lived close to the Crazy Horse Memorial near Rapid City,  South Dakota, U.S.A. This monument dedicated to Crazy Horse, the great Sioux Warrior impressed me as a boy,

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Vector-ian Beauty(Plywood, Rosewood and Zebrawood construction 47cm x 37.8cm x 20.2cm, Dirk Marwig 2012)

vectorian beauty

Art, Architecture and Authenticity. The Result of Experimentation: All 4 plywood pieces have exactly the same length.They are just bent in 4 different ways. Vector-ian Beauty is what happend. Simplicity. Playing around has its reward. Curiosity and Intuition mixed with Math.

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