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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 ↓

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…

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 ↓

*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 ,…

Rewind, Right There! (Oil and ink on Japan-paper mounted on plywood, 47.6cm x 42.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Posted on July 3, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓

Subtle yet Powerful, Calculated yet Spontaneous. Elegant and Beautiful! *It’s a very sad thing that I have to “explain” my work(What happened to Culture and Education?)* -I had this piece literally flying around in my studio for 3 years. Every…

Henry Moore on Acid (Cherry wood object, 53.5cm x 47cm x 36.5cm, 15.8 kg, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Posted on June 27, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓

This is just 1 angle of “Henry Moore on Acid”. There are hundreds of them. Since a “trip” doesn’t have a ‘fixed point of view’, this object complies perfectly- many points of view flowing into each other, with only one…

Divine (Plywood construction and high pigment lacquer, 41.2cm x 66.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Posted on May 1, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓

Again a piece based on the “Golden Section”. The story of the odd sized, “oval/roundish” in awe of the “perfect sphere” that’s in the perfect spot!

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Republic Earth (My old rags mounted on plywood, 89cm x 51cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by admin — No Comments ↓

I used my old painting rags just the way they were with absolutely no manipulation. I only cut them into perfect strips, assorted them, reversed my particular ‘colour theory’ and mounted them on a plywood board.