Research in artist - Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was born in Seoul, South Korea. 1950, he went to Japan and study music at University of Tokyo. After that, he went to the University of Munich, Germany, studied music history and creation.

Nam June Paik had a strong interest in electronic sound and image interaction, he releases the contemporary art by break the boundaries of different art and media types. In the early 1960s, Nam June Paik started his new exploration based on the TV device; he put the arts, media, technology, pop culture and the new art together and combined them, and it is the start of contemporary video art in human history.

In 1963, Nam June Paik started his first solo exhibition in a villa. In this exhibition, he used TV to express his art and ideas. He made different sculptures by deconstructs, reorganizes and reinstall different TV set, and change the output of these “TV”, combine his image art with these TVs. This exhibition is regarded as a milestone in the history of video art, and Nam June Paik also laid the historical status as the master of contemporary video art.

Image of Nam June Paik's work:

Nam June Paik's "Electronic Superhighway"

TV Buddha (1974)

Left:Cage (1990)　Right:Robespierre (1989)

Megatron/Matrix *(1995

Analysis:

Nam June Paik’s works are diversity, from daily necessities to the industrial waste can become his inspiration and tools - this is also pursued and loved by many artists.

In his works he uses a lot of new technology to explore new art forms and show that an art can be change and evolve - people need to understand that the arts also need to cater to the needs of the times and progress.

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