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Bestia Blanca (Plywood construction with enamel, 218cm x 102cm x 46cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

My new object “Bestia BLanca” (White Beast) photographed on my patio at dusk (December 10th 2017) in West Vancouver, Canada.

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Dirk Marwig’s Gap-Chair No.6 (Fir wood from a container with plexi-glass, height: 105cm, width: 42.2cm, depth: 76.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Yet another Gap-Chair where the seat part is not directly connected to the seat back, this time constructed with wood rests from a renovation container and with plexi-glass which was also found in a bin. I designed this version with

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Dirk Marwig’s “Gap-Chair” No.5 (Reclaimed scaffolding wood with white oil wash and wood glue, 92cm high, 40cm wide, 74.5cm deep; seat height: 46.5cm, seat depth: 44cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Note: Throughout ‘chair design history’ no wooden chairs where the seatback is Not directly attached to the seat have been designed or produced. The only ones that exist are my 5 “Gap Chairs”. *I took old scaffolding wood from a

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The Architecture of a Perfect Day (Oil on canvas, 170cm x 156cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

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Club Hell (Archival ink on thick drawing paper, 22.9cm x 30.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

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Function Unknown (Plywood construction with white enamel finish and maple base, 79cm x 40cm x 30cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Function Unknown. I feel the same way about myself. Limbo.

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The Plague of Ignorance (Oil on canvas mounted on plywood, 38.5cm x 60.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

One can rotate this painting in all 4 directions, the ‘Plague of Ignorance’ stays seductively and morbidly dominant.

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Something fun: “The Dilettante Scarf” -Dirk Marwig design-

Something fun: The Dilettante Scarf -I designed it and my G-friend (Margareta Reeve) knitted it. (100% cotton, 222cm x 30 cm, May 2017)

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Zwischenwelt-detail mid part- (Oil on canvas, 100cm x 80cm, Dirk Marwig 1993)

Another painting to show ‘genetic memory’ as a recurring theme is “Zwischenwelt”(“In-Between World”) that I did in 1993 while in Spain. Notice the crashing and suffering aircrafts, the evil conspiring gossipers, etc. Mostly all of my earlier work is dedicated

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Shoulda Stayed In Bed (Oil on canvas, 40.5cm x 50.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

In Retrospect.

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