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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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Thoughts I had during the creation of “12 Tone Scream”- Dirk Marwig 2014

12 Tone Scream

As you probably can imagine “painting”(or any work of art) IS it’s very own language. Words are not able to explain the total complexity of a “work of art”. As in a great composition of music there are just too

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This is what i used to look like in New york when i was 25 years old!- Dirk Marwig

Dirk NYC 1985

“This is what i used to look like in New york when i was 25 years old! Getting old is a bitch,right? This summer my mother(Margot Marwig) gave me a folder with pics that i used to send her, basically

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TWISTER in my Studio Madrid, 1996 (Plywood object/construction, 298cm x 41cm x 41cm, Dirk Marwig 1996)

Studio 1996 Madrid_'Twister'

“I just found this photo. It’s of the object “Twister” photographed in my Madrid studio in 1996. It was still unfinished here in this pic -I later rubbed red chalk onto every 2nd plywood disc to give it more of

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

6 New Technique Bracelets

“I made ‘fashion jewelry’ to sell in my 20’s when I was living in New York City. Now I only make a few pieces here and there for the people I love. It’s also a way for me to try

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Lift Geometry (Archival ink + oil on Japan -paper, 24 cm x 32 cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Lift Geometry

This drawing was a Christmas gift(2013) to the first(1st) person who contacted me. It was Bryan Wells of Edmonton,Canada. He is a smart man. Thank you for visiting my site and for your appreciation!

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Klondike semi side view (Maplewood, 29.5cm x 55.5cm x 3.4cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Klondike semi side view

“This is the semi-side-top view of Klondike- here you can see very well the “positive-negative 3/4 flip” effect. I named it “Klondike” for that same reason: The positive to negative transition- most people went to the Klondike with high hopes(positive)

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