September 23, 2011 at 2:00pm
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
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|  As the exhibition In the Tower: Nam June Paik draws to a close, this symposium considers the work of this pioneer of new media from his earliest explorations of television to his later experiments with sound and video. This exhibition is the third installation for the In the Tower series, which presents work by significant artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Speakers include: Christine Mehring, associate professor of art history and director of graduate studies, University of Chicago, and Stephen Vitiello, associate professor of kinetic imaging, Virginia Commonwealth University. Following the lectures is a conversation with Ken Hakuta, executor of the Nam June Paik estate, and Jon Huffman, curator of the Nam June Paik estate. Moderated by Harry Cooper, curator and head of modern and contemporary art, National Gallery of Art.
This program is coordinated with and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.
www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#symposium_paik (symposium information)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/paikinfo.shtm (exhibition information) |
| | | Events are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Registration is not required.
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