
Nam June PaikVereinigte Staaten, 1932–2006Darf man es sehen?
New York City, Vereinigte Staaten
Es gehört zur Sammlung, ist derzeit aber nicht ausgestellt.
1979–1996
Professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
From 1979 to 1996 he is a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; another account calls him its chairman from 1979.
1991 · Auszeichnung
Goslarer Kaiserring
1991–1992
“Video Time – Video Space” in Basel and Zurich
A double exhibition at the Kunsthalle in Basel and Zurich, later shown in Düsseldorf and Vienna.
30 July 1992
First major retrospective in Korea
“Video Time – Video Space” opens at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Gwacheon: about 150 works, beginning with “The More, The Better”, and 117,961 paid visitors in 34 days. Paik tailors the selection to subjects close to Korean culture and history, and the Korea Broadcasting Corporation and Samsung Electronics take part in the organization.
1993
The German pavilion at the Venice Biennale
He represents Germany at the Venice Biennale together with Hans Haacke and shares the Golden Lion with him; for the pavilion he creates robot sculptures of historic figures, among them Catherine the Great and Dangun, stressing the links between Europe and Asia.
1995 · Auszeichnung
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts