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1932 Seoul, South Korea - 2006 Miami Beach, Florida. Known for: Video artist, installation sculpture.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Nam June Paik became the pioneer of video art* in the United States. He coined the phrase "electronic superhighway", and with his work, demonstrated how artists could use... Read full biography
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Nam June Paik became the pioneer of video art* in the United States. He coined the phrase "electronic superhighway", and with his work, demonstrated how artists could use the medium of television creatively. Part of his innovation was building a video synthesizer that... Read full biography
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Nam June Paik became the pioneer of video art* in the United States. He coined the phrase "electronic superhighway", and with his work, demonstrated how artists could use the medium of television creatively. Part of his innovation was building a video synthesizer that allows video images to be reshaped and altered with color. In this and other ways, he expanded "the traditional definitions of art-making . while simultaneously initiating and influencing creative... Read full biography
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Nam June Paik became the pioneer of video art* in the United States. He coined the phrase "electronic superhighway", and with his work, demonstrated how artists could use the medium of television creatively. Part of his innovation was building a video synthesizer that allows video images to be reshaped and altered with color. In this and other ways, he expanded "the traditional definitions of art-making . while simultaneously initiating and influencing creative developments in the technical realms of television editing and image making" (ARTNews 5/99). In spite of a stroke suffered in 1997, he continued to work and focused on laser installations, which were featured in a 2000 retrospective at the Solomon R... Read full biography
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Nam June Paik became the pioneer of video art* in the United States. He coined the phrase "electronic superhighway", and with his work, demonstrated how artists could use the medium of television creatively. Part of his innovation was building a video synthesizer that allows video images to be reshaped and altered with color. In this and other ways, he expanded "the traditional definitions of art-making . while simultaneously initiating and influencing creative developments in the technical realms of television editing and image making" (ARTNews 5/99). In spite of a stroke suffered in 1997, he continued to work and focused on laser installations, which were featured in a 2000 retrospective at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York. ARTNews magazine, May 1999, featured him as one of the top 25... Read full biography