David Mach: 'It’s a great car - it’s almost a shame to destroy it'

The British artist explains the story of his striking piece at Galway International Arts Festival 

The Oligarch’s Nightmare, by David Mach, at the Festival Gallery at Galway International Arts Festival. Picture: Andrew Downes 

David Mach, the Oligarch’s Nightmare David Mach makes work on an epic scale. His sculptures and installations tend to occupy entire gallery spaces, and at least one of his projects would traverse 100 miles of his native Scotland if he ever saw it through to completion.

Also, he likes to repurpose functional objects. Shipping containers, a yacht, a caravan, rubber tyres and traditional telephone boxes have all been grist to his mill. So it is no great surprise that The Oligarch’s Nightmare, his new installation at Galway International Arts Festival, features a brand new automobile – a Range Rover, to be specific - manipulated to appear as if it has just crashed and burst into flames.