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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)

Gap-Chair 5 various angles (1)

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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Americano (Oil on wood panel, 66cm x 66cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

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

The Architecture of a Perfect Day
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Club Hell (Archival ink on thick drawing paper, 22.9cm x 30.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Club Hell
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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

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

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Dirk Marwig ‘Self Portrait’ – Photograph- June 16th 2017, West Vancouver, Canada

Dirk Marwig Self Portrait June 2017 AA 1

I do not like “selfies” but I needed to update my human ‘image’. So today (june 16th 2017) was the day to take that photo in front of a new painting which might be finished. For the “photo-phile”: the photo

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

The Plague of Ignorance

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

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Salon Privilege (Oil on wood panel, 85.4cm x 122cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

Salon Privilege
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Dirk Marwig portrait by Linda Covello with untitled painting in New York City, 1987.

Dirk Marwig Covello portrait 1987
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The Irrelevance of Everything (Oil on cotton cloth mounted on plywood, 36.3cm x 51.6cm, Dirk Marwig 2017)

The Irrelevance of Everything

Time, Space, basically Everything is Irrelevant. Important is that you feel alive, now.

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