Portfolio box, from V-IDEA a priori — Nam June Paik

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Artist: Nam June Paik
Date: 1984
Medium: Portfolio box
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Collection: Prints and Drawings
Culture: United States
Credit line: Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

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Nam June Paik

Korean-American pioneer who turned television into art and coined the term 'electronic superhighway.'

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