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Paik, pioneer of video art, dead at 74
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Nam June Paik, the Korean-born artist and composer regarded as the
inventor of video art, died Sunday of natural causes at his Miami
home. He was 74.
Paik is thought to have coined the terms "information superhighway"
and "the future is now," as well as having global influence with his
work.
Paik's art combined the use of music, video images and sculptures in
a way that set the style for future video artists.
"Paik's work would have a profound and sustained impact on the media
culture of the late 20th century; his remarkable career witnessed and
influenced the redefinition of broadcast television and
transformation of video into an artist's medium," John Hanhardt,
media arts curator at New York's Guggenheim Museum of Art, said in a
statement.
"Through a vast array of installations, videotapes, global television
productions, films, and performances, Paik has reshaped our
perceptions of the temporal image in contemporary art," Hanhardt
added.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/30/paik-obit.html
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http://www.paikstudios.com/
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