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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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Back to Square One (Oil and archival ink on Japan paper, 28cm x 22cm, Dirk Marwig 2009)

Back to Square One

This is what happens if you just let things happen without control: This little drawing/painting was in my studio for a very long time- I stepped on it, wrinkled it up and threw it away into the garbage bin, took

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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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KUNG FU MASTER (Archival ink on Japan-paper, 23.5cm x 32cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

Kung Fu Master new
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IMPAKT, Timeless and Human (Oil and pigment ink on’Japan-paper,’ 23.5cm x 32cm, Dirk Marwig 2007)

IMPAKT copy
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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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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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Primal Code Construction (Cedar wood ,29.5cm x 29.5cm x 6.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2012)

Primal Code Construction sq
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