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INTRODUCT I O N Often considered as the artist of immoderation, David Mach caught the public eye in the 1980’s with his colossal installations made out of manufactured products such as Polaris, a life-sized replica of a submarine made out of 6000 pile car tyres, the accurate copy of a Rolls-Royce made out of 1,500 books or the 50 tons of piled magazines forming five massive classical columns positioned to appear to be holding the roof of the Brooklyn Museum. He is known for taking advantage of the aesthetics and the proliferation of every day materials and for introducing them into the inner circle of art, exposing the abuse of the consumer society with humour and irony. David Mach is a Scottish artist who was born in 1956 in Methil and who now works and lives in London. He studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and then at the Royal College of Art in London in 1982. In 1992, he was nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery in London. The works of David Mach are part of the most prestigious private and public collections such as The British Council of London or The Tate. In addition to his colossal art pieces, David Mach handles with remarkable talent much more delicate materials such as matchsticks, coat hangers, postcards or playing cards to assemble smaller-scale masterpieces. David Mach plays with art pieces which play with our illusions and pushes the viewer to look beyond appearances. He takes the observer away from reality so he can take a fresh look on his surroundings. He alters the trivial, diverts the industrial object from its function and just like a magician, he transforms it into a masterpiece. “I am addicted to repetition but I like exaggeration even better. Society forces us to an appropriate behaviour but art authorizes artists to extravagance and excesses”, says David Mach to sum up his art.