Artist

Nam June Paik

Portrait of Nam June Paik

American, 1932–2006

Nam June Paik was an American Contemporary Abstract artist. 10 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art.

Nam June Paik was a South Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" to describe the future of telecommunications.

Collections represented

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