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Nam June Paik

Yiyun Kang, Vanishing, 2022

TRIBUTE: Nam June Paik, Part II

A key figure in the international avant-garde Fluxus movement, Nam June Paik is renowned for his large-scale sculptural installations featuring television monitors. He foresaw the rise of global telecommunications networks, a foresight that has led scholars to regard him as a visionary. His pioneering work with the then-nascent medium of …

Nam June Paik, Magnet TV, 1965 (1969), Courtesy Nam June Paik Art Center

TRIBUTE: Nam June Paik

  A key figure in the international avant-garde Fluxus movement, Nam June Paik is renowned for his large-scale sculptural installations featuring television …

TRACES: Nam June Paik

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the South-Korean artist Nam June Paik (20/7/1932-29/1/2006), who is commonly hailed as the “father” …

Left: Nam June Paik, One Candle (Candle Projection)1989. Install view, Tate Modern 2019, Close-circuit television camera, tripod, candle on custom stand and four to six colour video projectors including modified CRT projectors, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, © Estate of Nam June Paik. Right: Nam June Paik, Magnet TV 1965, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Purchased, with funds from Dieter Rosenkranz, © Estate of Nam June Paik

PRESENTATION: Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik internationally recognized as the “Father of Video Art,” created a large body of work including video sculptures, installations, performances, …