Match Head - Dartboard
Artist
David Mach
(Fife, Scotland, born 1956)
Date1992
Mediummatchsticks and metal
ClassificationsSculptures
DimensionsOverall: Height: 47 cm, Width: 30 cm, Depth: 22 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1992 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions, and income from the Macdonald Bequest.
Copyright© David Mach (2002)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 18
Object numberABDAG010647
Keywords
This head is constructed entirely from matchsticks overlaid with wire from a genuine dartboard. The matches have been bonded together by setting fire to them. The placing of the darts was done here in the gallery. The artists threw a round of darts at the Match Head and they remain in the exact positions they were thrown.
More About Me
An old name for a dartboard is "butt"; the word comes from the French word but, meaning "target".
Exhibitions
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century