Nam June Paik
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Basic Data
- Born: 20 July 1932
- Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
- Died on: 29 January 2006
- Nationality: American
- Studied at: University Tokyo, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
- Teachers: Arnold Schönberg, Wolfgang Fortner
- Similar artists: Joseph Beuys
- Era: Modern art
- Stylistic direction: video art, fluxus
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Collections
Germany
- Aachen - Ludwig Forum
- Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart
- Essen - Museum Folkwang
- Frankfurt/Main - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK)
- Cologne - Museum Ludwig
- Nuremberg - Neues Museum
France
- Lyon - Musée d´Art Contemporain (MAC)
- Paris - Centre Pompidou
- Strasbourg - Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS)
Greece
Japan
- Tokyo - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Korea
- Seoul - Amorepacific Museum of Art
- Seoul - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA)
- Yongin - Nam June Paik Art Center
Netherlands
- Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum
Austria
- Vienna - Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK)
USA
- Indianapolis - Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- New York - Whitney Museum of American Art
- San Francisco - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Exhibitions
- 16.02.2019 - 20.02.2020 Nam June Paik Media ‘n’ Mediea - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
- 28.03.2019 - 28.07.2019 The Body Electric - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
- 17.09.2018 - 17.1.2018 Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995 - SculptureCenter, Long Island.
- 26.05.2018 - 16.09.2018 E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology): Open-ended - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
- 20.04.2018 - 19.08.2018 Flashes of the Future. Die Kunst der 68er oder Die Macht der Ohnmächtigen - Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
- 15.02.2018 - 26.09.2018 More than 30 minutes - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
- 08.02.2018 - 15.04.2018 Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1975-1995 - List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge.
- 03.06.2017 - 01.01.2018 Nam June Paik. In Character - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
- 02.05.2017 - 04.03.2018 Extraordinary Phenomenon. Nam June Paik - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
- 22.10.2016 - 29.01.2017 Kunst in Europa 1945–1968 - ZKM | Karlsruhe.
- 05.07.2016 - 23.04.2017 Point-Line-Plane-TV - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
- 01.10.2015 - 17.01.2016 TELE-GEN. Kunst und Fernsehen - Kunstmuseum Bonn.
Awards
- 2007: Order of Cultural Merit, Seoul.
- 2004: Edward MacDowell Medal in the Arts, Peterborough.
- 2001: Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton.
- 2001: Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Prize of the city Duisburg.
- 1998: Kyoto-Prize, Kyoto.
- 1995: Ho-Am-Prize, Seoul.
- 1993: Golden Lion, Biennale Venice.
- 1992: Picasso-Medal of the UNESCO.
- 1991: Kaiserring of the city Goslar.
- 1989: Kurt-Schwitters-Prize, Hanover.
- 1981: Will-Grohmann-Prize, Berlin.
Films
- Nam June Paik. Open your eyes, Documentation by Maria Anna Tappeiner, 61min., Germany 2010.
- Nam June Paik: Seoul NyMax Performance 1997, performance record by Stephen Vitiello, 17min., USA 1999.
- April is the Cruelest Month, by Shigeko Kubota, 52min., USA 1999.
- Nam June Paik: 2 Piano Concerts: 1994/95, performance record by Stephen Vitiello, 20 min, USA 1997.
Literature
- Sounding the Gallery: Video and the Rise of Art-Music, Holly Rogers, New York 2013.
- Nam June Paik, exhibition catalog, Susanne Rennert und Sook-Kyung Le (Publ.), Ostfildern 2010.
- Nam June Paik. Videokunst in Museen, Eunji Kim, Berlin 2010.
- Nam June Paik: Exposition of music, electronic television, exhibition catalog, Dorothea Brunialti (Publ.), Cologne 2009.
- Nam June Paik. There is no rewind button for life. Hommage für Nam June Paik, Wulf Herzogenrath & Andreas Kreul (Publ.), Cologne 2007.
- Paik on paper: Sammlung Peter Wenzel, exhibition catalog, Kunstmuseum Bochum (Publ.), Cologne 2006.
- Nam June Paik. Electric warrior, Willi Blöß, Aachen 2006.
- Nam June Paik, global groove 2004, exhibition catalog, Heidi Ziegler (Publ.), Ostfildern-Ruit 2004.
- Nam June Paik – Fluxus/Video, exhibition catalog, Wulf Herzogenrath & Sabine Maria Schmidt (Publ.), Bremen 1999.
Weblinks
- Nam June Paik Kunstaspekte exhibition and collection overview.
- Nam June Paik Art Center Biography, exhibition and artwork overview.
- Official Website of the artist.