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The Primitive Society of Today – A thought- (Dirk Marwig Feb.16th 2014)

Our society today to my mind is a primitive one, only thinking “short term” and “combustible”. Mankind today exploits and rapes nature thinking it is separate from it or ‘above’ it instead of ‘working with it’. The people in general

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When the Politician Speaks (Oil on burlap on plywood, 21.3cm x 68.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

When the Politician Speaks new

*As you can see the Politician never says anything. It’s all just deceptive rhetoric! A self serving ‘This Way’ / ‘That Way’. Always bamboozling the public/population, using generic “LINES” and meaningless phrases that carry no intention, truth or wisdom.

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The Constructivist-study- (Oil on hardened cardboard on plywood, 30.5cm x 43cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

The Constructivist

“This small painting is a study for a much larger painting. I hardly ever do a study but with this particular composition i needed to figure out the exact position of each element. My idea was to interlock 2 ‘Question

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Cover of Vogue U.S. October 1987 Richard Avedon(Photo), Dirk Marwig(Rings), Rachel Williams(Model)

VOGUE COVER

“My girlfriend was very pretty and to show my love for her, I made her some colourful bracelets and rings. She suggested that I make more and I try to sell them. So I went to a small store on

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6 New Technique bracelets (Walnut-, Maple- and Cherrywood, Cable ties, Dirk Marwig 2013)-New Photo-

6 New Tech Bracelets-blog

“This is a new Photo showing various angles of the “New Technique” Bracelets”.

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‘Lines’ Painting No.3 (Oil on burlap, 140cm x 100cm, Dirk Marwig 1996) -older work-

Lines Painting#3 1996

“Little by little I’m finding photos of my earlier work and uploading these onto my website. This one is the third “Lines” painting i did in 1996. I believe that it is in the Nikolaus Fischer private collection in Germany.”

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Rearview No.2 (Plexi-Glass and plywood mounted on maplewood, 45cm x 30.5cm x 4.2cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Rearview No.2

“This is the second “Rearview” object. I made the first one back in 1997 and it sold to a collector in the Frankfurt area. This object stayed in my mind and now 17 years later I decided to do a

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Dirk Marwig 2001 (This photo was taken at my 2001 show at the Nikolaus Fischer Gallery in Frankfurt,Germany)

Dirk Marwig 2000

“This photo was taken at my 2001 show at the Nikolaus Fischer Gallery in Frankfurt,Germany. For this show i rented a huge moving van in Madrid and transported my whole apartment to the Frankfurt gallery: I turned the gallery space

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Genetic Memory of a Violent Death (Archival ink and oil on thick drawing paper, 35.5cm x 27.9cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Genetic Memory of a Violent Death

“Everyone has “Genetic Memory” passed on to them by their ancestors. We can embrace or ignore this fact. This ‘automatic drawing’ depicts one of my frightening genetic memories, a nightmarish vision I frequently have. I have to tell myself: “Don’t

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FLOW LIGHT OBJECT with Stand (Plexi-Glass construction, Dirk Marwig 1997)

Flow Light Object w. Stand

“This is how the ‘Flow Light Object’ originally was presented in 1997. This pic was taken in my home(you can see the”Big Painting” and a few other furniture pieces as well).It was shown at an art expo in Valencia, Spain

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