Hey there! Are you a fan of art at all? Every heard or David Mach?
the name seems very faimiliar
He's a Scottish sculptor that was born in the 50's. Seen any of his work?
no I am not can you give me and example?
Most of his work includes magazines and match sticks stuff like that. Although he did design a few vicious teddy bears.
so he is a very modern sculpture and not one that uses marble and other traditional mediums
Yes exactly. Most of his work is temporary and in public spaces.
oh, is he the one who builds a sculpture in open spaces temporary that stretches a dist ants?.
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