Nam June Paik
Subtitle: global visionary
By: John G. Hanhardt, Ken Hakuta ; with a foreword by Elizabeth Broun
Contributors: Hakuta, Ken; Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006; Smithsonian American Art Museum
Publisher: Smithsonian American Art Museum; in association with D Giles Limited
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781907804205
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: "Internationally recognized as the father of video art, Korean-born artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) transformed 20th-century art. His innovative, media-based artwork was grounded in the practices of avant-garde music and performance art, which he used to expand video and television as artistic expressions in contemporary visual culture.  Nam June Paik: Global Visionary features key artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection as well as loans from Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College and the recently acquired Nam June Paik Estate Archive. A wide selection of materials including televisions, radios, antiques, toys, cameras, announcements for exhibitions and performances, and correspondence give an unprecedented view into Paik's artworks and working practice, revealing the influences of Asian and Western philosophy as well as developments in technology and science."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, December 13, 2012-August 11, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: My uncle Nam June / Ken Hakuta; title: Nam June Paik : from avant-garde to post-video art / John G. Hanhardt; title: Selections from the Nam June Paik archive.