Nam June Paik TV Buddha

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TV Buddha

Nam June Paik TV Buddha, 1974-82

TV Buddha is an enigmatic work by Nam June Paik which consists of a Buddha statue gazing on a video screen, to his own image, being projected there by a closed circuit video camera, together with the images of the viewer of the artwork and the passers by. Paik has managed to create an infinite loop, where he also challenges the role of technology!

"It is the historical necessity, if there is a historical necessity in history, that a new decade of electronic television should follow from the past decade of electronic music."

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TV Buddha, 1974 - Closed Circuit video installation with bronze sculpture
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It Speaks to Me: Diana Thater on Nam June Paik's 'Video Flag Z' at LACMA
Nam June Paik is a wonderful artist. There are some great examples of his work in the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego, but this is the only major Paik I know of in a public collection in LA It's a grid of 84 Quasar TVs laid out like an American flag; ...
An artful influence
Also includes works by 22 other artists, including Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik and Robert Rauschenberg. When: Through April 20.
Hunter Longe's Psychedelic Art Bends Video With Magnets
The technique dates back to the early work of Nam June Paik, at least, but Longe takes the theme of electromagnetic forces further, exploring its tensions and aesthetics in his 2011 show, Degausser, at The Popular Workshop, a hybrid gallery and ...
ANN ARBOR: U of M Museum of Art to host exhibit 'Fluxus and the Essential ...
"Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life," an exhibition of more than 100 works by major artists, including George Maciunas, Yoko Ono and Nam June Paik, will be on view at the University of Michigan Museum of Art from Feb. 25 through May 20.

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Ommah by Nam June Paik (2005) by sarahstierch
Nam June Paik  - Beuys as Indian chief and TV eyes (1989) by Cea.
Global Groove (Nation Building as Art) by AGoK
Participation TV - Nam June Paik 1963 by bonus1up
[ P ] Nam June Paik - Electronic Superhighway.  Continental US, Alaska & Hawaii (1995) by Cea.
Nam June Paik, Waiting for UFO [detail], 1992 by 16 Miles of String
Nam June Paik, Waiting for UFO [detail], 1992 by 16 Miles of String
Nam June Paik, Waiting for UFO [detail], 1992 by 16 Miles of String
Nam June Paik, Waiting for UFO [detail], 1992 by 16 Miles of String
Global Groove (Nation Building as Art) by AGoK
Global Groove (Nation Building as Art) by AGoK
Global Groove (Nation Building as Art) by AGoK
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