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Local Hero: Matchhead Portrait of Richard Demarco
Mach, David, Sculpture
Local Hero: Matchhead Portrait of Richard Demarco
Local Hero: Matchhead Portrait of Richard Demarco
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20717
Title
Local Hero: Matchhead Portrait of Richard Demarco
Description
A large sculpture of a male face bears out towards the viewer. Tiny burned matchsticks make up the features of this imposing head.
Artist / maker
Mach, David
Type
Sculpture
Location
City Art Centre
Accession number
CAC1995/3
Wit and invention are hallmarks of the Fife born artist David Mach. This match head portrait is one of a series of sculptures that have their origins in Kinskihead, a stylised portrait of a German film actor, Klaus Kinski, that Mach produced in 1982.
The work was set alight accidentally, resulting in a charred and sinister appearance. Mach was pleased with the result and subsequently often lit his sculptures ceremonially in spectacular public displays.
This portrait is of the Edinburgh based art impresario Richard Demarco.
By permission of David Mach
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