Nam June Paik: Global Visionary
Dec 13, 2012 - Aug 11, 2013
The artwork and ideas of the Korean-born artist Nam June Paik were a major influence on late twentieth-century art and continue to inspire a new generation of artists. Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers an unprecedented view into the artist鈥檚 creative method by featuring key artworks that convey Paik鈥檚 extraordinary accomplishments as a major international artist as well as material drawn from the Nam June Paik Archive, which was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum from the artist鈥檚 estate in 2009.
The exhibition includes nearly 70 artworks and more than 120 items from the Archive. Several rare artworks borrowed from private and public collections in the United States and abroad, including Urmusik (1961) from Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, TV Garden (1974) from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Buddha Complex (1982) from the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College will be presented. Paik鈥檚 rarely seen installation Moon Projection with E Moon and Birds (1996), on loan from the Paik Estate, will be on display. Three exceptional artworks from the museum鈥檚 collection will be included: Zen for TV (1963/1976), Megatron/Matrix (1995), and Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995).
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers the extraordinary range of the artist鈥檚 accomplishments and the complexity of his ideas. It features his personal history through thematic groupings that draw on the resources of the Nam June Paik Archive. Paik鈥檚 writings and the materials he collected reveal the influences of Asian and Western philosophy, as well as developments in technology and science. The museum will use these materials to show the development of his innovative and radical conceptualization of the future roles of communication technologies in the expanding global media culture. John G. Hanhardt, senior curator for media arts and the leading expert on Paik and his global influence, is organizing the exhibition with the assistance of Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts.
The exhibition includes nearly 70 artworks and more than 120 items from the Archive. Several rare artworks borrowed from private and public collections in the United States and abroad, including Urmusik (1961) from Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, TV Garden (1974) from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Buddha Complex (1982) from the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College will be presented. Paik鈥檚 rarely seen installation Moon Projection with E Moon and Birds (1996), on loan from the Paik Estate, will be on display. Three exceptional artworks from the museum鈥檚 collection will be included: Zen for TV (1963/1976), Megatron/Matrix (1995), and Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995).
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers the extraordinary range of the artist鈥檚 accomplishments and the complexity of his ideas. It features his personal history through thematic groupings that draw on the resources of the Nam June Paik Archive. Paik鈥檚 writings and the materials he collected reveal the influences of Asian and Western philosophy, as well as developments in technology and science. The museum will use these materials to show the development of his innovative and radical conceptualization of the future roles of communication technologies in the expanding global media culture. John G. Hanhardt, senior curator for media arts and the leading expert on Paik and his global influence, is organizing the exhibition with the assistance of Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts.
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The artwork and ideas of the Korean-born artist Nam June Paik were a major influence on late twentieth-century art and continue to inspire a new generation of artists. Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers an unprecedented view into the artist鈥檚 creative method by featuring key artworks that convey Paik鈥檚 extraordinary accomplishments as a major international artist as well as material drawn from the Nam June Paik Archive, which was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum from the artist鈥檚 estate in 2009.
The exhibition includes nearly 70 artworks and more than 120 items from the Archive. Several rare artworks borrowed from private and public collections in the United States and abroad, including Urmusik (1961) from Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, TV Garden (1974) from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Buddha Complex (1982) from the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College will be presented. Paik鈥檚 rarely seen installation Moon Projection with E Moon and Birds (1996), on loan from the Paik Estate, will be on display. Three exceptional artworks from the museum鈥檚 collection will be included: Zen for TV (1963/1976), Megatron/Matrix (1995), and Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995).
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers the extraordinary range of the artist鈥檚 accomplishments and the complexity of his ideas. It features his personal history through thematic groupings that draw on the resources of the Nam June Paik Archive. Paik鈥檚 writings and the materials he collected reveal the influences of Asian and Western philosophy, as well as developments in technology and science. The museum will use these materials to show the development of his innovative and radical conceptualization of the future roles of communication technologies in the expanding global media culture. John G. Hanhardt, senior curator for media arts and the leading expert on Paik and his global influence, is organizing the exhibition with the assistance of Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts.
The exhibition includes nearly 70 artworks and more than 120 items from the Archive. Several rare artworks borrowed from private and public collections in the United States and abroad, including Urmusik (1961) from Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, TV Garden (1974) from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Buddha Complex (1982) from the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College will be presented. Paik鈥檚 rarely seen installation Moon Projection with E Moon and Birds (1996), on loan from the Paik Estate, will be on display. Three exceptional artworks from the museum鈥檚 collection will be included: Zen for TV (1963/1976), Megatron/Matrix (1995), and Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995).
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers the extraordinary range of the artist鈥檚 accomplishments and the complexity of his ideas. It features his personal history through thematic groupings that draw on the resources of the Nam June Paik Archive. Paik鈥檚 writings and the materials he collected reveal the influences of Asian and Western philosophy, as well as developments in technology and science. The museum will use these materials to show the development of his innovative and radical conceptualization of the future roles of communication technologies in the expanding global media culture. John G. Hanhardt, senior curator for media arts and the leading expert on Paik and his global influence, is organizing the exhibition with the assistance of Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts.
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11:30 AM - 7:00 PM
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