About this artwork

Hendry is one of the greatest snooker players of all time. This portrait is made from a photograph of Hendry leaning over the green baize of a snooker table to pot a ball. This is interwoven with thousands of copies of a single postcard. The full picture of the postcard, which Mach found in the Natural History Museum, can only be seen in the bottom right hand corner - the earth seen from space. David Mach is making a witty reference to Hendry's success - he is on top of the world and the world is just another snooker ball.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    David Mach (born 1956) Scottish
  • title:
    Stephen Hendry, b. 1969. Snooker player
  • date created:
    1996
  • materials:
    Postcard and photograph collage
  • measurements:
    181.00 x 181.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Commissioned 1996
  • accession number:
    PG 3046
  • gallery:
  • depicted:
  • subject:
  • artwork photographed by:
    Antonia Reeve
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David Mach

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