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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2014.211
People
Nam June Paik, American (Seoul, South Korea 1932 - 2006 Miami, FL)
Title
Fluxus Express
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1977
Culture
American
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Plastic model trains with oil paint inscriptions
Dimensions
approx.: 28.6 x 284.5 x 15.9 cm (11 1/4 x 112 x 6 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund, Louise Haskell Daly Fund, and the Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Copyright
© Nam June Paik Estate
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.211
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Label Text: Nam June Paik: Screen Play , written 2018
Like many Fluxus artists, Paik repurposed toys and
games as part of his work. In this sculpture, he painted
toy locomotives with words that connect Wiesbaden,
site of the first Fluxus festival, and the Mongolian
capital Ulan Bator, alluding to the historical links
between Europe and Asia. Paik would further explore
this relationship in his multi-monitor installation for the
1993 Venice Biennale, Electronic Superhighway — From
Venice to Ulan Bator. Both speak to the artist’s interest in
fostering global connectivity through art and technology.
Fluxus Express appears here with a wooden desk
that Paik used while producing videos for the New York
public television station WNET. He installed the two
works together in his 1991 exhibition Video Time —Video
Space.

Exhibition History

32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/01/2014 - 04/12/2018

Nam June Paik: Screen Play, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/30/2018 - 08/05/2018

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