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Marcus discussing an answer
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public viewing questions and answers (paintings)
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Will I be remembered?
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Who would win in a fight, Superman or Batman?
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How does society develop a consensus on how people should live and act?
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How does society develop a consensus on how people should live and act? (Detail)
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How do you get it perfect?
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How do you get it perfect? (Detail)
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“Sometimes I fantasize about my brother, is incest really wrong?”
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Sometimes I fantasize about my brother, is incest really wrong?? (Detail)
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How can I maintain my relationship with my father when he is so cut off from life by his illness?
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How can I maintain my relationship with my father when he is so cut off from life by his illness?
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Does the universe have edges? (detail)
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Can you truly empathise with others?
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How can we understand that all our privileges are at the expense of everyone else?
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Answer paintings, 2015
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Does time heal?
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Answer Painting, 2015
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What is the value of silence?
During a month-long residency, the public were invited to ask Coates questions they found difficult to answer for themselves. These were written on cards and pinned to the walls of the gallery. In response to these, Coates made paintings as answers. The questioners were then invited back to the gallery to view and discuss this answer.
Photography by Marcus Coates and Charles Billingham
Project assistant: Charles Billingham
Commissioned and produced by Barbican Centre, London as part of ‘Station to Station’, a project by Doug Aitken
Sometimes I fantasize about my brother, is incest really wrong?
“Sometimes I fantasize about my brother, is incest really wrong?”
Sometimes I fantasize about my brother, is incest really wrong?? (Detail)
How do you get it perfect?
How do you get it perfect? (Detail)
How do you get it perfect?
Does the universe have edges?
Does the universe have edges? (detail)
How does society develop a consensus on how people should live and act?
How does society develop a consensus on how people should live and act?
How does society develop a consensus on how people should live and act? (Detail)
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