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Nam June Paik (Korean: 백남준; RR: Baek Nam-jun; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art . [1] [2] He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" to describe the future of telecommunications.
Explore the life and art of Nam June Paik, a pioneer of video and media art, in this comprehensive catalogue by John Hanhardt. Learn how Paik transformed the electronic moving image and influenced the media culture of the late twentieth century.
Nov 14, 2020 · Learn about Nam June Paik, a Korean-born American artist who pioneered video art and Fluxus performance. Explore his biography, artworks, and quotes on technology and humanity.
Learn about the life and art of Nam June Paik, a pioneer of video and media art. Explore his collaborations with Fluxus, Charlotte Moorman, Shigeko Kubota and others, and his influential installations such as Zen for TV and Megatron/Matrix.
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Nam June Paik was born into a bourgeois manufacturing family in 1932 Seoul, during a turbulent time when Korea was under Japanese rule (1910-1945). Whereas most Koreans were only granted access to a primary school education under restrictions by the Japanese, Paik was trained as a classical pianist from a very young age. Perhaps this was due to the...
In 1956, Paik received a BA in aesthetics from the University of Tokyo, where he also studied music and art history and wrote his thesis on the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg. In 1957, he went to West Germany, which had recently emerged as a bustling center of new music and performance. While there, he studied with composer Thrasybulus Georgia...
Paik had been in a perpetual self-imposed "exile," until he settled in New York. The city's diversity was a source of inspiration to him and he often spoke of the heterogeneity of New York as being the great strength and possibility of the United States. The television, entertainment, and communications industries, where his lifelong interest lay, ...
In 1996, Paik suffered a serious stroke which limited his physical mobility. As he found himself losing health and strength, his work became more urgent. As his cherished ability to travel all over the world to find sites for his projects was sharply curtailed, Paik's style became characterized by a more self-reflective process in which he chose ne...
Nam June Paik's enormous contribution to the history of late-20th-century art largely stems from his position as the first major Video artist. His groundbreaking exploration and use of modern technologies laid the foundation for a new generation of artists in today's complex media culture. Now media arts are pervasive across the international art w...
Learn about Nam June Paik, the "father of video art," who pioneered the use of technology and media in art. Explore his life, achievements, and influential concepts such as "electronic superhighway" and "video common market."
- Korean American
- July 20, 1932
- Seoul, South Korea
- January 29, 2006
Jul 20, 2020 · Learn about the life and work of Nam June Paik, who transformed TV sets into sculptures and predicted the age of digital media. Explore his early performances, prepared televisions, video installations, and spiritual vision in this article.
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Explore the visionary art of Nam June Paik, who pioneered the use of TV and video in art and coined the phrase ‘electronic superhighway’. See over 200 works from his five-decade career, including collaborations with other avant-garde artists and musicians.
