Nam June Paik.SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: see Guggenheim Museum. Every now and then a show really works the Guggenheim's upsidedown beehive--installations by Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys (IPA: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; May 12, 1921 – January 23, 1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. , Dan Flavin, and Jenny Holzer come to mind--and now Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.[1] He is considered by some[2] goes to town. The video pioneer plans a top-to-bottom campaign: a laser projection on the rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. ceiling; a waterfall (yes, a waterfall) from the topmost ramp to the ground, with a projection playing on its cascading surface; and a battery of over 100 TV monitors screen-up on the central floor. Winding along the ramp, spilling over into the bays and side galleries, this forty-work, full-career retrospective promises to be (for Paik and curator John Hanhardt) a literally glowing triumph. Feb. II-Apr.26. |
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