David Mach

Spaceman - Metal coat hangers - 2000

David Mach is a scottish sculpture, primarily working with massed produced objects. His work with match sticks, coat hangers, and large scale collages has earned him many awards and accolades over the years. David's most recent exhibition entitled "Precious Light" incorporates many of his trademark art works, focussed on the impact of the King James Bible on our culture.

Once asked in an interview why he used the kinds of materials he did, David responded saying that using everyday objects captured the attention of the "everyday" person. He wanted to engage people that may not normally consider art.

There are a number of David's pieces that I'm intrigued by, like his magazine sculpture installations. The idea of massed produced magazines, taking over everything is visually, very powerful. I feel it speaks to the excess of useless materials floating around, consuming resources for no purpose. I also read that theses magazine sculptures spoke to our individuality being robed by a culture obsessed by mass produced products and I find that idea equally compelling.

'fuel for the fire' magazines and furniture - 1986

Although I appreciate David Mach's artwork, I find myself troubled by some of the things I have read about him. He clearly has meaning and intent in his work, but in a number of interviews I get the impression that money is a big motivating factor. Making a living as an artist is a tall order and I have no problem with David March's success to this end, but it's hard for me to not to view his work in a new light and wonder at his motivations.

Elvis Bust - 50,000 Matchsticks -  2010

Regardless of his artistic views, David March has produced some impressive and thought provoking pieces.

"I believe that an artist must be an ideasmonger responding to all kinds of physical location, social and political environments, to materials, to processes, to timescales and budgets." - David March