Nam June Paik.

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Title

Nam June Paik.

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (13 March 2004 – 30 May 2004)

Date

(2004)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Installation

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

A selection from 32 cars for the 20th century play Mozart’s Requiem quietly. Presented by the National Gallery of Australia and Sydney Festival

Over the past four decades Nam June Paik has made an exceptional contribution to world art through his radical manipulation of electronic, video and televisual art forms. Born in Korea in 1932, he studied and worked in Japan, Germany and Hong Kong before moving in 1964 to New York where he now lives and works.
This sculptural installation presents eight vintage automobiles, each stripped of its engine and interior, painted silver and crammed with disused electronic detritus and fitted with a sound component. The work offers an evocative homage to the technologies and obsolescence which so marked the 20th century. [Gallery media, 2004]