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FIGHTING WITH INSTRUMENT -3 angles- (Plywood construction,180cm x 100cm x 85cm, Dirk Marwig 1996)

Fighting with Instrument A B C sides

FIGHTING WITH INSTRUMENT (Plywood construction,180cm x 100cm x 85cm, Dirk Marwig 1996) *The construction of this object from 1996 is so simple: 4 cut and shaped pieces of 12mm plywood connected where the slots are. It was easy to take

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Fanfarone Testosterone -side A- (Cardboard construction with plywood inlay and encasing and bloodwood base; colour: oil and high pigment lacquer, 191cm x 83cm x 20cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Fanfarone Testosterone side A

Two primitive “machos” showing what they’ve got (to each other!). This male behaviour pattern cracks me up.

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Z-Frog Seat-Table-Shelf (Driftwood with plywood inlay, stained, painted and lacquered, 58cm x 48cm x 46cm, Dirk Marwig 2009)

Z-Frog A+B

I made this fun multi-use ‘seat/table/shelf’ piece of furniture back in 2009 out of driftwood that I found on the beach.

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Balkonien (Plywood construction-wall object-, 85.3cm x 80.2cm x 4,5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Balkonien

“Balkonien” the resort on the balcony(‘Balkon’ in german). If you can’t afford to go anywhere on vacation, you can always go to Balkonien! -I used 32 ‘Golden Rectangles’, dissected them into their major components (2 triangles or 3 proportionate squares

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“?” (Plywood and plastic straw construction, 20.3cm x 20.3cm x 5.7cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

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Here is a photo of the little ‘desk-object’ called “?” I gave this little “desk Object” away today on my “Ello” page: https://ello.co/dirkmarwig This little gift was token of my appreciation to all the people who have shown interest in

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Time = Energy Model (Falsecypress, plywood, plexi-glass and waxed string, 70.5cm x 45cm x 10.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Time=Energy front view

(Time = Energy Model seen from the front-slightly looking from above) This piece really relaxes me. I cannot put into words how it makes me feel. Mesmerizing. Timeless, possibly.

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Wanna Dance? Quieres Bailar? (Foam Rubber, glue ,gesso, oil and plywood, 107cm x 45cm x 45cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Wanna Dance?  : Quieres Bailar?

I’m sure this is a situation that many of us have encountered:…in a club, out of your mind and suddenly someone asks you to to dance…you look at them and they look like this! hahaha. You think: “I must switch

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Untitled. May 2014 -back view- (Old foam rubber mattress, glue, gesso,oil and plywood stand painted white, 170cm x 83cm x 43cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Jethro back view AA

Another Super-kitsch object.

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‘Lines’ Painting No.3 (Oil on burlap, 140cm x 100cm, Dirk Marwig 1996) -older work-

Lines Painting#3 1996

“Little by little I’m finding photos of my earlier work and uploading these onto my website. This one is the third “Lines” painting i did in 1996. I believe that it is in the Nikolaus Fischer private collection in Germany.”

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In the Museum – Gesamteindruck- (Oil, ink and pencil on paper mounted on plywood -collage- , 57.8cm x 52cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

In the Museum copy (1)

It’s not what you see, it’s what you feel. Gesamteindruck = overall impression.

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