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Nam June Paik

SKU: 9781849766357
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  • Author:
    LEE Sook-Kyung / FRIELING Rudolf
  • ISBN:
    9781849766357
  • Publication Date:
    01/12/2019
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    176
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Tate Publishing
  • Country of Publication:
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

SKU: 9781849766357
Regular price $55.00
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    LEE Sook-Kyung / FRIELING Rudolf
  • ISBN:
    9781849766357
  • Publication Date:
    01/12/2019
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    176
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Tate Publishing
  • Country of Publication:

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Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (19322006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of massmedia and new technology, and its impact on visual culture.His cutting-edge, innovative, yet playfully entertaining workcontinues to be a major influence on art and culture to this day.

This ground-breaking publication focuses on Paik's pivotal rolein the cross-germination of radical aesthetics and experimentalpractices, emphasising his visionary insight and his pioneeringrole in the emergence and proliferation of performative andcollaborative art practice. Bringing together works that span a fivedecadecareer, and including archival materials and excerpts ofPaik's own writings, this book offers an in-depth understanding ofthe artist's innovative practice and his vision of a multidisciplinaryfuture. His ideas such as 'Eurasia' and 'Electronic Superhighway',and his profound insight into a global age will be analysed in thecontext of transnationalism for the first time. In addition, texts willelaborate upon Paik's collaborations with other artists, musiciansand choreographers, such as Charlotte Moorman, John Cage,Merce Cunningham, Joseph Beuys and Fluxus, highlighting Paik'sglobal trajectory and considerable impact on digital culture, whichconnect his art to a new generation.

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  • Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (19322006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of massmedia and new technology, and its impact on visual culture.His cutting-edge, innovative, yet playfully entertaining workcontinues to be a major influence on art and culture to this day.

    This ground-breaking publication focuses on Paik's pivotal rolein the cross-germination of radical aesthetics and experimentalpractices, emphasising his visionary insight and his pioneeringrole in the emergence and proliferation of performative andcollaborative art practice. Bringing together works that span a fivedecadecareer, and including archival materials and excerpts ofPaik's own writings, this book offers an in-depth understanding ofthe artist's innovative practice and his vision of a multidisciplinaryfuture. His ideas such as 'Eurasia' and 'Electronic Superhighway',and his profound insight into a global age will be analysed in thecontext of transnationalism for the first time. In addition, texts willelaborate upon Paik's collaborations with other artists, musiciansand choreographers, such as Charlotte Moorman, John Cage,Merce Cunningham, Joseph Beuys and Fluxus, highlighting Paik'sglobal trajectory and considerable impact on digital culture, whichconnect his art to a new generation.

    Featured in the November 2019 Art newsletter.
    To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.

Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (19322006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of massmedia and new technology, and its impact on visual culture.His cutting-edge, innovative, yet playfully entertaining workcontinues to be a major influence on art and culture to this day.

This ground-breaking publication focuses on Paik's pivotal rolein the cross-germination of radical aesthetics and experimentalpractices, emphasising his visionary insight and his pioneeringrole in the emergence and proliferation of performative andcollaborative art practice. Bringing together works that span a fivedecadecareer, and including archival materials and excerpts ofPaik's own writings, this book offers an in-depth understanding ofthe artist's innovative practice and his vision of a multidisciplinaryfuture. His ideas such as 'Eurasia' and 'Electronic Superhighway',and his profound insight into a global age will be analysed in thecontext of transnationalism for the first time. In addition, texts willelaborate upon Paik's collaborations with other artists, musiciansand choreographers, such as Charlotte Moorman, John Cage,Merce Cunningham, Joseph Beuys and Fluxus, highlighting Paik'sglobal trajectory and considerable impact on digital culture, whichconnect his art to a new generation.

Featured in the November 2019 Art newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.