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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
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Assemblage
- •Bronze
- •Chalk
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Plastics
- •Resin
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
Art School
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Chronology
- •Early 21st Century
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
- •The Stuart Collection
Added Description
- •Abstract Sculpture Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Art Movement
- •Fluxus
Exhibition of Museum
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art