DAVID MACH, FAMED FOR HIS DYNAMIC LARGE SCALE COLLAGES, SCULPTURES AND BOLD INSTALLATIONS, TODAY LAUNCHES HIS MAJOR NEW PROJECT TO CELEBRATE THE 400th ANNIVERSARY OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE IN 2011 WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A MASSIVE COAT-HANGER CRUCIFIXION FIGURE, SUSPENDED FROM STEAL SUPPORTS, OUTSIDE ST GILES CHURCH IN EDINBURGH. THIS IS THE FIRST OF FOUR COAT-HANGER CRUCIFIXION FIGURES, INCLUDING A CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURAL VERSION OF CALVARY, WHICH WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE EXHIBITION AT EDINBURGH'S CITY ART CENTER IN THE SUMMER OF 2011. CENTRAL TO THE PROJECT WILL BE A LARGE-SCALE LIMITED EDITION ARTIST'S VERSION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE. AN ARRAY OF MACH'S LARGE SCALE COLLAGES WILL BE ON DISPLAY. CINEMATIC IN SCALE, THE COLLAGES WILL BRING A CONTEMPORARY DIMENSION TO BIBLICAL STORIES SUCH AS THE FLOOD, CROSSING THE RED SEA, JESUS' MIRACLES AND THE EPIC VISIONS OF ST JOHN. THE FIRST COLLAGE IN THE PROJECT, TOWER OF BABEL, IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY'S SUMMER EXHIBITION, 14.JUNE THROUGH 22.AUGUST. FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT DURING THE YEAR INCLUDE: IN THE AUTUMN A COLLAGE AT ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AND A CRUCIFIXION SCULPTURE AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL; ALSO UNDER NEGOTIATION IS A MAJOR EXHIBITION OF THE CRUCIFIXION AT TORRE ABBEY, TOBAY AT EASTER.
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