WORKPLACE
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Mailing List
  • Info
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Menu
  • Menu
  • Menu

Marcus Coates

  • Overview
  • Exhibitions
  • Biography
  • Press
  • Publications
  • News
  • Art Fairs
  • Video
  • CV
  • Marcus Coates

    Marcus Coates

    British Council Uzbekistan September 24, 2018
    New Past: Contemporary Art from UK exhibition in Tashkent
    Read more
  • Marcus Coates: Dawn Chorus

    Marcus Coates: Dawn Chorus

    Fabrica, Brighton, UK September 24, 2018
    Interview with Marcus Coates in which he talks about his relationship to birdsong, the digital processes behind Dawn Chorus and the relationship between the work and the space at Fabrica.
    Read more
  • Marcus Coates

    Marcus Coates

    British Council Collection September 24, 2018
    In this film we speak to British Artist Marcus Coates about his practice and specifically about his works held in the British Council Collection. A new series of photographs by Coates are on show in a major new exhibition titled; Private Utopia: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection. For more information about Private Utopia visit: http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/... and http://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/priva... Coates is best known for performative films and photographs in which the he inhabits the minds and bodies of animals of all types, exploring shamanic traditions and working to better understand...
    Read more
  • Marcus Coates: How does one make the best decisions when unsure of how to navigate the unknowns? Skylark Song, 2016

    Marcus Coates: How does one make the best decisions when unsure of how to navigate the unknowns? Skylark Song, 2016

    March 5, 2017
    Marcus Coates How does one make the best decision when unsure of how to navigate the unknowns? (Skylark song) 2016 HD digital video Duration 3 min 50 sec (MC0203) Visitors to the gallery were invited to ask the artist, Marcus Coates questions that preoccupied them and struggled to answer themselves. This film is his answer to one of these questions. Coates adopts the song strategy of a skylark bird, attempting not to repeat phrases, hesitate and sustain this sound making for as long as possible. In order to do this...
    Read more
  • Marcus Coates: Tate Shots

    Marcus Coates: Tate Shots

    Tate March 11, 2009
    For this film, we went bird-watching with the artist Marcus Coates. His new video, The Plover’s Wing 2008, was on show at Tate Britain during the Tate Triennial, so it seemed apt. Coates knows a lot about birds, he can mimic their calls, interpret their behaviour and, he says, even converse with them… in the spirit world. For his art, he films himself entering a trance like state that he calls ‘becoming animal’, and attempts to solve people’s problems by seeking answers from the animal spirits that he encounters. In...
    Read more

Contact:

Sales: sales@workplace.art

Enquiries: info@workplace.art
tel: +44 20 8396 6622
(gallery office open Weds - Friday, 12pm - 6pm) 

Workplace Gallery Ltd

Company registered in England and Wales 

Registered office: 40 Margaret Street, London, W1G 0JH
Company Number 7068254
VAT Number GB126132352

 

Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
Send an email
Join the mailing list
Privacy Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2022 Workplace Gallery Ltd.
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Join our mailing list

Subscribe

* indicates required
List