Nam June Paik by Sook-Kyung Lee - ISBN: 9781849766357
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The first rigorous positioning of Paik as a key figure in the twentieth-century avant-garde movement, this book reveals the striking breadth of this pioneering artist’s oeuvre, featuring TV-screen sculptures, video works and all-encompassing installations, such as the dazzling Sistine Chapel 1993.

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    176 pages

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    5 January 2020

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Summary

Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (1932 2006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of mass media and new technology, and its impact on visual culture. Paik’s cutting-edge, innovative, yet playfully entertaining work continues to be a major influence on art and culture to this day. This ground-breaking publication focuses on Paik’s pivotal role in the cross-germination of radical aesthetics and experimental practices, emphasising his visionary insight a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849766357
ISBN-10:1849766355
Author:Sook-Kyung Lee, Rudolf Frieling
Publisher:Tate Publishing
Imprint:Tate Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:5 January 2020
Weight:654g
Dimensions:20mm x 245mm x 190mm
About The Author

Sook-Kyung Lee

Sook-Kyung Lee is Senior Research Curator, Tate Modern. Rudolf Frieling is Curator of Media Arts, SFMOMA. John G. Hanhardt is an author, art historian and curator of film and media arts. Rachel Jans is Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA. Susanne Neuburger is a curator and the Collection Director at the Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna. David Toop is a musician, author and professor and chair of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication.

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