Object Details
Artist
Nam June Paik, born Seoul, Korea 1932-died Miami Beach, FL 2006
Exhibition Label
Nam June Paik's T.V. Clock transforms time into a sculptural electronic object. In this seminal work of art, Paik rendered the hours through a single line drawn in electric light on a modified TV screen. Paik's minimal electronic mark, which is tethered to the sophisticated and global apparatus of TV, unleashes a host of ideas about our shared experience of time, through technology, space, cultures, and connectivity. Nam June Paik exhibited many versions of T.V. Clock.
Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate
Date
1963/1981
Object number
NJP.1.TV.42.1-.11
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Media Arts
Medium
eleven fixed-image televisions
Dimensions
dimensions variable
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Nam June Paik Collection
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Object\furniture\clock
Object\furniture\television
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_NJP.1.TV.42.1-.11
