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Dirk Marwig ‘All work from 2016’ (Paintings, Drawings, Objects, Woodcuts and Furniture)

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2016 was a very strange year for me. Nevertheless 31 pieces came into being. All work shown in the sequence of their creation from the Top Left(older) to the Bottom Right(newest). My mind works in a peculiar way, as you

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Study for a new object (Bic-pen on thick drawing paper, 57cm x 76.2cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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I got back from Spain and Germany 8 days ago(my first holiday in 3 years). Then while I watched the “presidential debate” I began to jot down all the nonsense being offered to the audience with a bic-pen on a

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The Exhibitionist (Plywood construction, 40.8cm x 49cm x 5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

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This little object just makes me laugh. The glorification of the random pervert! VoilĂ .

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Dirk Marwig’s New World Cup (Cedar wood construction with turquoise oil wash, 33.5cm x 37cm x 37cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Dirk Marwig's World Cup

My only trophy. My turquoise New World Cup Trophy. My”feel good” present to myself.

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Face Off (Oil on canvas, 167.5cm x 106.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Face Off

Flat as a floor plan: the architecture of strategy mixed with uncertainty in a “one on one” Face Off.

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Thriving in Exile (Oil on plywood, 52cm x 84cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Thriving in Exile

…Based on the “Golden Section”, of course.

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ORIWAKO (Oil on wood panel, 91.5cm x 61cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

ORIWAKO

This painting was in my studio for more than a year and yesterday I finished it adding the last few essentials it needed. While I was working on it the name “Oriwako” kept going through my mind. I later looked

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Exercise in Form and Perception _12 angles_ (Freestanding and balanced plywood construction, 62cm x 52cm x 28cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Exercise in Form and Perception

This shows 12 angles of the object, turning it on the axis. This object stands on any solid and level surface.

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Untitled-wall Object- 2016 (Plywood construction with oil and nylon string, 101cm x 101cm x 5,5cm, Dirk Marwig 2016)

Untitled 2016 copy

This is the result of the repetition of the same ‘free-form’ 26 times over. The 1st sequence of 13 being the full colour spectrum connected to the 2nd sequence of ‘the white to medium grey’ spectrum (also 13). After this

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

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This painting looks like as if it has been photographed close-up style with a ‘wide angle macro’ lens. But it’s not. This is what the painting actually looks like when photographed from a straight-on position. The irregular pentagon shape is

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