David Mach (born 18 March 1956) is a Scottish sculptor and installation artist. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ...

Mach's artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced found art objects. Typically these include magazines, newspapers, car types, match sticks and coat hangers. Many of Mach installations are temporary and constructed in public spaces. Fountain by Marcel Duchamp. ...

One of David Mach's magazine pieces, Adding Fuel to the Fire, installation in Barcelona.

One example of his early magazine pieces, Adding Fuel to the Fire, was an installation 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. Image File history File links David_Mach_Adding_Fuel_to_the_Fire. ... Image File history File links David_Mach_Adding_Fuel_to_the_Fire. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Installation art is art that uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way we experience a particular space. ...

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 the public who took exception to the piece tried to burn it down; unfortunately, he got caught in the flames himself and suffered fatal burns. The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within the South Bank Centre in London. ... The South Bank Centre is a complex of arts buildings located on the south bank of the River Thames beside the Hungerford Bridge. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Resolution class submarines were the first British strategic ballistic missile submarines, carrying the Polaris missile. ...

In the early 1980s Mach started to produce some smaller-scale works assembled out of unstruck match sticks. These mostly took the form of human or animalistic heads and masks, with the coloured tips of the match heads arranged to construct the patterned surface of the face. After accidentally setting fire to one of these heads, Mach now often ignites his match pieces as a form of performance art. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A match is a simple and convenient means of producing fire under controlled circumstances on demand, typically a wooden or stiff paper stick coated at one end with a material -- often containing the element phosphorus -- that will ignite from the heat of friction if rubbed (struck) against a suitable surface. ... Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ...

Recently Mach has produced some permanent public works such as Out of Order in Kingston Upon Thames, the Brick Train in Darlington and the Big Heids visible from the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ... View of Darlington including the town clock. ... The M8 at Charing Cross in Glasgow The M8 runs under Sauchiehall Street and the Bridge to nowhere Kingston Bridge, looking eastward up the River Clyde Glasgows urban motorway, the M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

A second strand to Mach's work are his collage pieces. Partly as a result of having access to thousands of reproduced images in the magazines left over from many of his installations, Mach began to experiment with producing collages. So far, this has culminated in National Portrait, a 3m by 70m collage for the Millennium Dome that featured many images of British people at work and at play. Collage (From the French, coller, to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ... The Millennium Dome, with the Canary Wharf complex in the background, seen from the River Thames Aerial view of the Millennium Dome The Millennium Dome, seen from the Isle of Dogs. ...

Mach studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (now a school of University of Dundee), Dundee, Scotland from 1974, graduating in 1979, then at the Royal College of Art, London between 1979 – 82. Following several shows and public installations, Mach was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1988. In 2000 he joined the Royal Academy of Arts as Professor of Sculpture. The University of Dundee is the principal university in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee, Scotland. ... Dundee (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh) located on the North bank of the river Tay, is a royal burgh and the fourth largest city in Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ...

External links

• David Mach's official web site
• Mach at sculpture.org.uk
  • Portfolio