Marcus Coates
By: edited by Marcus Coates, Anthony Spira and Rosalind Horne ; introduction and text by Shep Steiner, translated by Katja Naumann ; conversation between Marcus Coates and Valerie Smith, translated by Barbara Hess
Contributors: Spira, Anthony; Horne, Rosalind; Steiner, Shep; Smith, Valérie, 1955-; Kunsthalle Zürich; Milton Keynes Gallery
Publisher: Koenig Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9783863359355
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; Ritual in art
Description: Coates' practice questions how we perceive human nature through imagined non-human situations. An extensive knowledge and understanding of British wildlife has led him to create interpretations of the natural world and its evolving relationship with society. An aspect of Coates' recent work sees him as a 'useful social agent' or problem solver. Through self-designed rituals informed by traditional cultures he consults a non-conscious world of animals and birds to seek relevant information.
Notes: Exhibition catalog.

On the occasion of the exhibitions "Marcus Coates" held at Kunsthalle, Zürich, August 29 - November 15, 2009; "Marcus Coates: Psychopomp" held at MK Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, January 15 - April 4, 2010.

Contains no title page, title from spine.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in English and German.