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“Reach You With My Mind” (Oil on plywood-irregular pentagon shape, 45.5cm x 71.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

A piece from 2016. Again, it shifts the way I see my work, as if someone else made it.: “Reach You With My Mind” (Oil on plywood-irregular pentagon shape, 45.5cm x 71.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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The piece “Folded” from 2016 photographed in the garden on a stainless steel stand . (Oil on flat plywood board, 58cm x 70cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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Mexican-American Friendship Collection (Bloodwood and Plexiglass Bracelets and Rings, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Let’s all do the Can-Can, ’cause we can- if we want to. This collection is made for Margareta.

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Dirk Marwig’s Gap-Chair No.6 (Fir wood from a container with plexi-glass, height: 105cm, width: 42.2cm, depth: 76.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Yet another Gap-Chair where the seat part is not directly connected to the seat back, this time constructed with wood rests from a renovation container and with plexi-glass which was also found in a bin. I designed this version with

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Dirk Marwig’s “Gap-Chair” No.5 (Reclaimed scaffolding wood with white oil wash and wood glue, 92cm high, 40cm wide, 74.5cm deep; seat height: 46.5cm, seat depth: 44cm, Dirk Marwig 2017) This photo shows the Gap-Chair with the reconstructed drawing “Zomb” from 1995 and a yet unfinished wall object made from the same stolen wood.

Dirk Marwig’s “Gap-Chair” No.5 (Reclaimed scaffolding wood with white oil wash and wood glue, 92cm high, 40cm wide, 74.5cm deep; seat height: 46.5cm, seat depth: 44cm, Dirk Marwig 2017) This photo shows the Gap-Chair with the restored drawing “Zomb” from

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Dirk Marwig’s “Gap-Chair” No.5 (Reclaimed scaffolding wood with white oil wash and wood glue, 92cm high, 40cm wide, 74.5cm deep; seat height: 46.5cm, seat depth: 44cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Note: Throughout ‘chair design history’ no wooden chairs where the seatback is Not directly attached to the seat have been designed or produced. The only ones that exist are my 5 “Gap Chairs”. *I took old scaffolding wood from a

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The Architecture of a Perfect Day (Oil on canvas, 170cm x 156cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

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Function Unknown (Plywood construction with white enamel finish and maple base, 79cm x 40cm x 30cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Function Unknown. I feel the same way about myself. Limbo.

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

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

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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