Nam June Paik Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Nam June Paik (born
July 20,
1932) is a
South Korean-born
American artist, particularly noted for his
video art. Paik studied music history, art history, and philosophy at the University of Tokyo, where he graduated with a dissertation on Arnold Schoenberg. He then went to Germany in 1956 to continue the study of music history at the University of Munich. In Germany he met
Karlheinz Stockhausen and
John Cage who inspired Paik into electronic art. Both composers, Stockhausen and Cage influenced Paik through their ideas of composition and performance. Paik worked with Stockhausen in a studio for Electronic Music. He then got involved with the post neo-Dada art movement, fluxus.
Fluxus was founded by
George Maciunas. George invited Paik to join his group of artists and he accepted. Then he returned to Japan to conduct experiments with electromagnets and colour television, alongside electronic engineer Shuya Abe. The rise of new technology led him to use the video image. Today he is known as the father of
video art and influences the younger generation of artists.
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