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Marcus Coates
Born1968
London, United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
Known for
Notable workJourney to the Lower World (2004)
The Plover’s Wing (2009)
Websitehttps://www.marcuscoates.co.uk

Marcus Coates is a contemporary artist and ornithologist living in London. His works, including performances and installations that have been recorded as video art, employ shamanistic rituals in communication with "the lower world", and contrast natural and man-made processes.[1]

Career

Coates was born in 1968 in London, UK. He graduated from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in 1990 and completed his MA at the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1993.[citation needed]

Some of his work has focused on housing in Elephant and Castle, South London, including a film (Vision Quest – a Ritual for Elephant & Castle) and an on-stage trance in 2009.[2] In 2013 Coates was a shortlisted for the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square artwork (2015/16). His proposal for the fourth plinth commission is to cast and install a replica of the "Eagle Rock" at Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire, UK.[3]

Coates has exhibited extensively internationally since 1999 including Altermodern,[4] the Tate Triennial and Kunsthalle Zurich in 2009 and "Super 8" at the Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro and "Galápagos" at the Centro de Arte Moderna in Lisbon, Portugal in 2013.

Publications

In 2001, Grizedale Arts published the eponymous book Marcus Coates, based on his residency at Grizedale Arts in 1999. This was followed by The Trip which was published by Koenig Books, and documents his installation at the Serpentine Gallery,[5] London in 2011.

Notable exhibitions

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References

  1. ^ Jonathan Griffin (June–August 2007). "Marcus Coates". Frieze.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Tom Lamont (8 April 2012). "Marcus Coates: 'Eventually something serious comes through'". The Observer. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ "London's Fourth plinth: Six new contenders unveiled". BBC News. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009". Tate. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ^ "The Trip". Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  6. ^ MARCUS COATES 'Proxy', KateMcGarry.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  7. ^ Marcus Coates: Dawn Chorus, AberystwythArtsCentre.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
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