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Floor Plan A (Acrylic on Wood panel, 53.5cm x 53.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

The perfect distribution of load bearing walls in a square floor plan. Light passes from all 4 ‘outside’ walls offering the perfect relation or balance of ‘private’ and ‘open’ space. ‘Floor Plan A’ is based entirely on the “Golden Section”,that’s

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KLUNKER KOLLEKTION – (disassembled walnut+cherrywood jewelry on display unit, Dirk Marwig 2012) …this is a close-up view of the Klunker Kollektion, the bracelet being disassembled.

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Dirk Marwig “Imagination and Meaning” by Todd Smith

“IMAGINATION and MEANING” is the heart of Dirk Marwig’s work. His unique expressions are akin to traveling to the beautiful and scary places that we all share. It is Marwig’s extraordinary ability to use colour, shape and texture to illuminate

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God watches silently as the Boogeyman takes you. (Oil on Japan-paper, 48cm x 32cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

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Statement: Dirk Marwig May 13th 2013

My work originates in the subconscious; an idea for a piece comes to me in a fraction of a second. I then browse through my studio looking for a way to express this idea with all the possible means (materials)

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‘Above the Mundane’-‘Something for the Soul’ (View from the top)

(Hemlock wood, Oil + Plexi-Glass, 79cm x 30.5cm x 30cm, Dirk Marwig 2013) Top View-you can also see the Plexi-Glass base and the reflection it gives.

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La Gloriosa or “Glorious,Decaying Empire” (Douglas Fir, wood glue, wood oil, 227.5cm x 28cm x 18cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

(full frontal view) *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

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Very Deep (–photographed on patio with sunlight–Oak,plywood,enamel+resin,42.7cm x 68.7cm x 19.7cm,Dirk Marwig 2013)

The rectangle is a “Golden Rectangle”,i.e.:it has ‘perfect dimensions’

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Very Deep Wall Object (Oak,plywood,enamel+resin,42.7cm x 68.7cm x 19.7cm,Dirk Marwig 2013)

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Vertigo (Oil on wood panel and recycled Fir-wood built into a frame, 52.5cm x 60,2cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

This painting features the “Golden Rectangle”. It’s the one that has the ‘red outline’ in the centre. The idea for this painting/object came to me after visiting some people who had paintings up on the wall which were sort of

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