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- The Nam June Paik Archive Collection is a blend of traditional paper holdings (letters, writings, ephemera) and objects (studio effects, recordings, vintage electronics and other source materials).
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The Nam June Paik Archive Collection is a blend of traditional paper holdings (letters, writings, ephemera) and objects (studio effects, recordings, vintage electronics and other source materials).
The Nam June Paik Archive Collection holds many examples of materials the artist used in the planning stages of artworks. A cardboard template of Louisiana, which was part of a trial version of Electronic Superhighway, 1995, shows how Paik designed the layout of that installation.
Nam June Paik Archive comprises primary materials held Paik’s colleagues, friends and collectors. This special collection consists of correspondence, plans and drawings, photographs and films, exhibition posters, brochures, catalogues and Fluxus editions.
In 2009, the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired the complete estate collection of the artist Nam June Paik, one of the most influential artists of his generation, who transformed television and video into artists' media.
In 2009, the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired the complete estate archive of the artist Nam June Paik, one of the most influential artists of his generation, who transformed television and video into artists' media.
Nam June Paik [a] (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. [3]
The Nam June Paik Archive Collection is comprised of two interrelated bodies of material: The Paik Papers are currently housed within the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Research and Scholars Center offices, which are located about one block north of the museum, at 750 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
