Nam june paik

The late artist Nam June Paik, the "father of video art," would be 83 years old today.

Nam June Paik: Tv Cello,2000. With TV cello 2000, Paik continued his interest in sound and video as distinctive aspects of his art. The cello, made up of television tubes encased in clear perspex...

Given the recent opening of an exhibition of Nam June Paik‘s work at the National Gallery of Art, as well as the long-term commitment to media art the Smithsonian American Art Museum has made its Watch This! exhibition, I thought now would be a good time to talk with SAAM’s senior curator for media arts, John G. […]

Magnet TV is an early example of Nam June Paik’s “prepared televisions,” in which he altered the television image or its physical casing. This work, which was featured in Paik’s first solo exhibition in New York, consists of a seventeen-inch black-and-white set on which an industrial-sized magnet rests. The magnetic field interferes with the television’s electronic signals, distorting the broadcast image into an abstract form that changes when the magnet is moved. Paik’s radical action…

The Smithsonian American Art Museum just announced a major exhibition of Nam June Paik, set to open December 13, 2012. "Nam June Paik: Global Visionary" will offer an "unprecedented view…

Features contemporary art, painting, sculpture, video, installations, photography and editions by established and emerging American and international artists.

Lunchtime art talk on August 7, 2013 about this artist by Corrina Peipon, assistant curator.

Discover the groundbreaking work of Korean-American artist Nam June Paik, widely considered to be the father of contemporary video and television art.

Portable God from 1989 presents a ceremonial altar decorated with Chinese characters. The contrast between the altar's original function as a place f (...)

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Marking Buddha’s Birthday with Nam June Paik’s ‘TV Buddha’ ☸️ In ‘TV Buddha,’ one of Paik’s best-known works, a Buddha sculpture gazes into its own image on a TV screen. With the Buddha watching himself and the audience viewing the art installation, Paik shows the constant surveillance fueled by technology and the media. Hauser & Wirth first worked with the influential video and installation artist in 1993, when he presented the exhibition ‘Jardin Illumine’ in an empty industrial space in…

Video Art Pioneer Nam June Paik (1932 - 2006): 1. Nam June Paik, The Technological Muse, Katonah Museum of Art, Folded Card, 1991 2. Nam June Paik, James Cohan Gallery, Artforum Advertisement, 2007 3. Nam June Paik, “Connection” (1982), Folded Card for the Exhibition Video Art: Expanded Forms, The Whitney Museum, 1988 4. Nam June Paik, Edgar Allen Poe, Postcard, Holly Solomon Gallery, 1990 5. Nam June Paik, Good Morning Mr. Orwell (1984), Guggenheim Museum, Folded Card, 2000 6. Nam...

How Korean artist Nam June Paik predicted meme culture in 1974

Nam June Paik: Global Visionary closes this Sunday. The exhibition has been on view for a little over eight months, a long time for both the museum and the artworks. I will be sad to see it go. I'll sincerely miss having this work on view, and it is nice to see the artist himself as I pass through the gallery every day. But mostly, I’m excited. While this installation is indeed closing, Nam June Paik has really set the stage for the museum's Film and Media Art Initiative, in more ways than…

Features contemporary art, painting, sculpture, video, installations, photography and editions by established and emerging American and international artists.