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Nam June Paik
May 1–31, 2021
Gagosian is pleased to participate in a special presentation on 8-bridges in celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Three sculptures and one drawing by Nam June Paik are featured in anticipation of the artist’s major retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, opening May 8. In these works, Paik uses paper and TV screens interchangeably as surfaces for gestural improvisation. Dating from the last decade of the artist’s life, they embody his playful and predictive conflations of tech and mass communication with images from nature and spontaneous mark making.
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Nam June Paik in Miami, c. 1990. Photo: Brian Smith
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Nam June Paik
Moon Is the Oldest TV
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 7pm
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles
www.lacma.org
Join the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (lacma) for a special presentation of Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV. The feature-length documentary chronicles the challenging life and times of Nam June Paik (1936–2006), a pillar of the American avant-garde. Featuring readings of the artist’s writing by actor Steven Yeun, the film uses extensive archival footage and clips from Paik’s work to recount his collaborations with luminaries such as Joseph Beuys, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, and others. After the screening, Yeun, who was also an executive producer on the film, will speak with fellow producer Jennifer Stockman and lacma CEO Michael Govan.
Nam June Paik with Wulf Herzogenrath, Kolnischen Kunstverrein, Cologne, German, 1976. Photo: courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Nam June Paik’s Radical Fun
Thursday, June 30, 2022, 7:30pm
Anthology Film Archives, New York
anthologyfilmarchives.org
Join us for a video program that brings together a selection of Nam June Paik’s analog video works along with Internet-era works by artists including Ilana Harris-Babou, Frank Heath, Maggie Lee, Guthrie Lonergan, LoVid, and Martine Syms. The selection is curated by Rebecca Cleman, executive director at Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), and copresented by Anthology Film Archives, EAI, and Gagosian, on the occasion of Art in Process, a two-part survey of works by Paik at Gagosian, New York.
Since the early 1960s, Paik’s prescient thinking about how artists can exploit television and computer technology has resonated through generations, particularly with regard to his mischievous opposition to industry conformity. His strongly held belief in the radical potential of fun, and his understanding of technological innovation as nurturing artistic innovation, have remained relevant through profound changes in communication platforms. To attend the event, purchase tickets at ticketing.uswest.veezi.com.
Nam June Paik, Edited for Television, 1975 (still) © Nam June Paik Estate. Photo: courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix
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Cécile B. Evans, Haroon Mirza, and Stephen Vitiello on Nam June Paik
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 6:30–8pm
Tate Modern, London
www.tate.org.uk
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Nam June Paik, Nixon, 1965–2002 © Nam June Paik Estate
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