Hello do you know the sculptor david mach?
No I have never heard of him! He must be good. Is he famous?
His Mach's artistic style on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects.
Sounds interesting. Does he have any famous sculptures that you can name?
His work is not exactly like paintings that you have in the house, his work are constructed in public spaces.
Oh, I understand now, I think. Where can you find most of his work? In what country or area?
He is a scot and lived most of his life in Scotland so his work can be found in Scotland or UK generally
That is cool. If I ever travel to either of those places, I will have to remember his name and check out some of his work.
assembled from an old truck and several cars surrounded and subsumed by about 100 tons of magazines, individually arranged to create the impression that the vehicles were being caught in an explosion of flames and billowing smoke.
An early influential sculpture was "Polaris," exhibited outside the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London in 1983. This consisted of some 6000 car tyres arranged as a lifesize replica of a Polaris submarine. Mach intended it as a protest against the nuclear arms race meant to stir controversy. A member of
David Mach
David Mach (born 18 March 1956) is a Scottish sculptor and installation artist.
Life and work.
Mach was born in Methil, Fife.
His artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects. Typically these include magazines,vicious teddy bears,newspapers, car tyres, match sticks and coat hangers. Many of his installations are temporary and constructed in public spaces.
One example of his early magazine pieces, "Adding Fuel to the Fire", was an installation