Nam June Paik

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This paper discusses Nam June Paik, known to many in the art world as the first "video artist." It briefly discusses Paik's background and how he progressed in his music career. The paper look specifically at how Paik got started in his unique art form. It also discusses some reviews of Paik and his art form and looks at some of the criticism that Paik received.

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"From there, Paik left the building and went to a corner bar, from where he called the venue he had just performed in and notified management that the performance had ended. One might say that Paik was learning how to become a trailblazer in the world or art. According to the piece by Luke Strosnider, Paik's latest video work (a "retrospective") was shown in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City in 2000. Prior to that, Paik had become an international icon in the progressive art world, and one of his more noted projects was "TV Buddha" which, Strosnider writes, "commented on the transcendental nature of modern media" by putting an "ancient Buddha statue" directly in front of a video camera. The live feed was sent to a TV monitor sitting in front of the Buddha, and hence, the Buddha could (in an artistic sense) "contemplate" the image of itself."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Green, Ronald J. 1996. At The Crossroads: Paik's Electronic Superhighway. Afterimage 23 (6): 17-21.
• Smith, Walter. 2000. Nam June Paik's TV Buddha as Buddhist Art. Religion and the Arts 4 (3): 359-373.
• Strosnider, Luke. 2006. Nam June Paik: 1932-2006. Afterimage 33 (5): 5.

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