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Video Flag

Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

Nam June Paik, American, b. Seoul, South Korea, 1932–2006

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 124, color ill. p. 79.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.

Published References

SAYRE, HENRY M. A World of Art, 8th ed. (London: Pearson, 2015), fig. 11-35 (color), p. 262.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 287, pp. 312-313.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1996
The ongoing preservation of Video Flag is supported by the Hakuta Family Conservation Fund

Date

1985-1996

Accession Number

96.4

Type

Video

Medium

70 video monitors, 4 laser disc players, computer, timers, electrical devices, and wood and metal housing on rubber wheels

Dimensions

94 3/8 x 139 3/4 x 47 3/4 in. (239.6 x 354.8 x 119.9 cm)

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School

Dada/Fluxus

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py272857ae1-4341-4711-ad6a-d78ee6e74ce6

Record ID

hmsg_96.4

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