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DYSFUNCTIONAL (Plywood object, 35.5cm x 59.5cm x 15.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

Dysfunctional

-I’m pretty practical and to my mind everything can have a purpose and could be put to “use”. With this object I simply made the choice to ‘keep it dysfunctional’! ‘To keep it open’, as they say. Simple as that.

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DIRK MARWIG “ALL IN THE MIND” @ Nikolaus Fischer Gallery,Frankfurt 1996)

ALL IN THE MIND copy 2

The object “All in the Mind”(in the front) shows what our existence is all about: we only THINK that we THINK(we are owned and controlled) and we can only do what we Think! It’s all a big hoax and we

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ARQUITECTURA PRIMITIVA Object (Plywood Construction and oil, 37.3cm x 38.7cm x 3.7cm, Dirk Marwig 2011)

Arquitectura Primitiva object

My love/hate relationship with architecture is shown here once again. My kind of constructivism!

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FLORIDA 135 SPECIAL GUN (Plexi-glass object with 2 bullets, 20cm x 29.5cm x 4.3cm, Dirk Marwig, Madrid 1998)

NEW Florida 135

Any dumb, violent homophobic idiot can reproduce this gun and use it on another like-minded idiot! A “2-4-1” deal! (2 idiots dead with 1 shot) -I wrote this comment on June 14th in reference to the “2016 Orlando nightclub shooting”.

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Klang Ton (Oil on wood panel, 62.8cm x 48.7cm, Dirk Marwig 2012)

Klang Ton jpg
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Untitled 1993 (Oil on beat-up plywood board,122cm x 84cm, Dirk Marwig 1993 Madrid,Spain)

Untitled,Dirk Marwig 1993

I did a whole series of paintings on ‘street found’ plywood boards of all sizes and shapes the likes of which I did not modify, merely sanding them and cleaning them up a bit. I did this because I was

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TRANSPARENT MECHANISM (Oil on 3 primed burlap rice sacks, 65.6cm x 64.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

Transparent Mechanism New
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SUPERSTRUCTURE (Oil and pigment ink on canvas, 51cm x 61cm, Dirk Marwig 2010)

SUPERSTRUCTURE

“When I gaze at this, I become part of it”

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SAFE ZONE (Oil on canvas, 35.5cm x 25.7cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

PROTECTION ZONE-2008
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INSIDE (Oil on folded paper, 25.3cm x 32.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

Inside new

Sometimes the inside is padded, sometimes it’s hard or harsh. Perception of the moment.

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