Nam June Paik (b. 1932)
Nam June Paik (b. 1932)

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Nam June Paik (b. 1932)
Untitled
"Black" inscribed on verso [for] Curtis Davis, signed and dated Paik 78; "White" inscribed on stretcher [for] Curtis Davis and signed and dated Paik 78
Oil on canvas
6 3/16 x 9¼in. (15.7 x 23.5cm.) each (2)
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Lot Essay

Paik came to New York in 1964 after studing and working in Japan and Germany. The paintings offered here date from the 1970s while he was artist-in-residence at the Television Laboratory at WNET/Thirteen, New York. The rectangles on each painting may represent TV screens, one of his favorite subjects. In 1982, the Whitney Museum of American Art honored him with a retrospective. Since 1982 he has divided his time between New York, Dusseldorf and Wiesbaden. He represented Germany at the Biennale in Venice in 1993. A retrospective of Paik's sculpture, videotapes and installations, including a seven-story waterfall, was shown at the Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2000. Paik's Transmission, was on view at Rockefeller Center, New York, during the summer of 2002.

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