Paik was among the first artists to experiment with video and television as mediums for art. One of his earliest works, Zen for TV consists of a television set in which the picture on the screen has been collapsed into a single line. Paik spent months learning about the construction and components of televisions so that he could better rewire them to create unexpected results. He predicted that the cathode ray tube would replace the canvas, anticipating the incredibly rich and varied body of video art that exists today.
"Collection 1940s—1970s", 2019
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Nam June Paik
American, born Korea. 1932–2006 106 works onlineI have to entertain people every second,” Nam June Paik has said. The tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating nature of the quip is characteristic of Paik’s attitude toward art making.
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Modern art
Art made from the 1880s to the 1970s—a time marked by the growth of cities, the rise of industry, a surge in technologies, and the development of mass media.
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