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Series Title: Sonata I-IV

Sonata I

1996

Nam June Paik

(Korean, 1932–2006)
printer

Mark Patsfall Graphics

(United States, Ohio, Cincinnati, est. 1981)
publisher

Galerie Asbæk

(Denmark, Copenhagan, est. 1975)
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Culture
Korea
Medium
Lithograph, screenprint, and etching
Support
Rives BFK paper
Measurements
Sheet: 53.3 x 66 cm (21 x 26 in.); Image: 51.8 x 64.8 cm (20 3/8 x 25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 2015.144.1
Impression
15
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

In the final row of Sonata I, Paik includes an image of himself and a bare-breasted Charlotte Moorman performing his composition Cello Sonata No. 1 for Adults Only in 1965. They were arrested for public indecency immediately after the performance.

Description

From a set of four prints entitled Sonata, these prints juxtapose collaged images from Nam June Paik’s childhood, including photographs, musical compositions, and clips from his video works. In the final row of Sonata I, Paik included an image capturing his sensational performance with cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman in 1965. And, in Sonata III, Paik included a few images that echo his memory with his father whom he rebelled against in his youth. As one of the core members of Fluxus (from the Latin word for flowing), an international experimental and interdisciplinary art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Paik stood out with his electronic works employing television sets and a stream of endless images and videos clips.

Sonata I

1996

Nam June Paik, Mark Patsfall Graphics, Galerie Asbæk

(Korean, 1932–2006), (United States, Ohio, Cincinnati, est. 1981), (Denmark, Copenhagan, est. 1975)
Korea

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