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David Mach
Shortlisted: 1988

David Mach makes sculptural installations in an attempt to make contemporary art seem less unapproachable for the general public. He does this by making temporary work in public spaces in order to undermine the commercial basis of the art world, and using familiar consumer products such as bottles, books and tyres as his basic material. He also collaborates with other artists so as to dispel the image of the artist as an alienated creative genius.

David Mach was born in Methil, Fife, Scotland in 1956. From 1974 to 1979 he studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and then attended the Royal College of Art between 1979 and 1982. Mach was included on the unpublished shortlist in 1988 for his exhibition of 101 Dalmations, shown at the Tate Gallery.

This information has been taken from The Turner Prize: Twenty Years, by Virginia Button, Tate Publishing, 2003.

View David Mach in the Tate Collection