Lecture - National Gallery of Art Symposium on In the Tower: Nam June Paik
Sponsoring Organization
Embassy of the Republic of Korea: KORUS House
Phone: 202-939-5688
2320 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Washington, DC, 20008
Phone: 202-939-5688
Location
National Galelry of Art, East Building
National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets at Constitution Avenue
Washington DC
September 23, 2011 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
The Korean Cultural Center is proud to support a symposium discussion of the father of contemporary video art, Nam June Paik, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in celebration of a landmark exhibit of Paik’s unique installation art currently on display in the gallery’s East Building through October 2011.
The free, public symposium on Friday, Sept. 23 (2 – 4 p.m.) will feature illustrated lectures by noted scholars Christine Mehring, associate professor of art history and director of graduate studies at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Vitiello, associate professor of kinetic imaging at the Virginia Commonwealth University. The lectures will be followed by a conversation with Ken Hakuta, executor of the Nam June Paik estate, and Jon Huffman, curator of the Nam June Paik estate. The symposium will be moderated by Harry Cooper, curator and head of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art.
No reservations are required to attend. The symposium will take place in the East Building Concourse Auditorium. The exhibition In the Tower: Nam June Paik is on view in the National Gallery's East Building, Tower Gallery through October 2, 2011.
For more information on Paik and the exhibit In the Tower: Paik Nam June, please visit http://www.nga.gov/press/exh/3376/index.shtm.
Contact Information
Embassy of the Republic of Korea: KORUS House
Phone: 202-939-5688
2320 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Washington, DC, 20008
Phone: 202-939-5688
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