{"id":9903,"date":"2022-07-08T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=9903"},"modified":"2022-07-06T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T16:19:38","slug":"nam-june-paik-at-gagosian-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/08\/nam-june-paik-at-gagosian-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nam June Paik at Gagosian Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20<sup>th<\/sup> century new media pioneer Nam June Paik integrated nature and technology in iconic artworks like his TV Garden (monitors set amid live plants) and robots that mimic the human figure.\u00a0 One of the robots is a standout in Gagosian Gallery\u2019s current two-part exhibition of multi-media work from Paik\u2019s career.\u00a0 Composed of radios &#8211; mass produced, found objects that spread information and culture globally &#8211; Paik\u2019s late career robot sculptures don\u2019t move, rather their bodies feature movement via circular inset monitors.\u00a0 Excited by the merger of technology, art and music and the advance of technology into daily life, Paik used TV sets like canvases and constructed cellos from stacked monitors.\u00a0 Both on display in the current show testifying to the artist\u2019s hopeful and creative vision.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through July 22<sup>nd<\/sup> and at Gagosian\u2019s uptown from July 19<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Aug 26<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/fdc17d90-7a55-b713-855f-a24587e9f37d.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1916\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nam June Paik, Bakelite Robot, single-channel video, LCD color monitors, electric lights, media player and permanent oil marker, 49 \u00bd x 58 x 7 inches, 2002.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th century new media pioneer Nam June Paik integrated nature and technology in iconic artworks like his TV Garden (monitors set amid live plants) and robots that mimic the human figure.\u00a0 One of the robots is a standout in Gagosian Gallery\u2019s current two-part exhibition of multi-media work from Paik\u2019s career.\u00a0 Composed of radios &#8211; 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