COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0008547
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Work Title (display):
Zen for TV
Image Title:
full view
Work Dates (display):
1963-1975
Work Dates type:
creation
Image Date (display):
2011-07-20
Work Creator (display):
Nam June Paik (South Korean, 1932-2006)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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Work Creator notes (display):
Paik is known for his sculpture and installations employing television sets, video screens and junk assemblage, and is considered the inventor of video art. He began his career as a musician and wrote his thesis at Tokyo University on Arnold Shoenberg. He continued his studies in Munich and Freiburg, and gravitated to the avant-garde music scene in Cologne and Darmstadt, where he worked with Karlheinz Stockhausen. He met John Cage and began incorporating elements of what would become performance art into musical events, which led to an involvement with the Fluxus group. He exhibited the first known art work to incorporate television sets in 1963, and is perhaps most widely known for his collaborations with Charlotte Moorman, beginning in 1965, which resulted in the creation of his "TV Bra for Living Sculpture." He is credited with coining the phrase "electronic superhighway." Major retrospectives of his work were held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1982, and the Guggenheim Museum in 2000. (AAT)
Work Style Period:
video art
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video art
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Work Style Period:
20th century
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20th century
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Work Style Period:
Fluxus
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Fluxus
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Work Style Period:
Contemporary
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Contemporary
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Work Subject:
information
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information
Work Subject
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Work Subject:
magnets
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magnets
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
floors (surface elements)
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floors (surface elements)
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
manipulation
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manipulation
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
technology
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technology
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
Zen
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Zen
Work Subject
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Work Subject:
sculptures (visual works)
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sculptures (visual works)
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
minimalism
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minimalism
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false
Work Subject:
televisions
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televisions
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false
Work Worktype:
sculpture (visual works)
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sculpture (visual works)
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false
Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
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sculptures and installations
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
magnets and a television set
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
owner
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Detroit, Michigan
Image Source Reproduction citation:
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A Social History of American Art. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 2008. Print.
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Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A Social History of American Art. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 2008. Print.
Image Source Reproduction citation
false
Image Source Reproduction refid:
978-0-500-28715-6
Image Source Reproduction page number:
543
Image Source Reproduction plate-figure number:
8.119
Image Rights (display):
© George Macianus
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado and Auraria Higher Education Center communities; 3) the original photographer is credited if known; 4) the image is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the number of derivatives is the minimum required for education or educational research; 7) the image has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 8) duplication of the image does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
© Nam June Paik
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
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