T.V. Clock

Nam June Paik, T.V. Clock, 1963/1981, eleven fixed-image televisions, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate, NJP.1.TV.42.1-.11
Nam June Paik, T.V. Clock, 1963/1981, eleven fixed-image televisions, dimensions variable, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate, NJP.1.TV.42.1-.11

Artwork Details

Title
T.V. Clock
Artist
Date
1963/1981
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
dimensions variable
Credit Line
Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate
Mediums Description
eleven fixed-image televisions
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — furniture — television
  • Object — furniture — clock
Object Number
NJP.1.TV.42.1-.11
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/NJP.1.TV.42.1-.11

Artwork Description

Nam June Paik's T.V. Clock transforms time into a sculptural electronic object. In this seminal work of art, Paik rendered the hours through a single line drawn in electric light on a modified TV screen. Paik's minimal electronic mark, which is tethered to the sophisticated and global apparatus of TV, unleashes a host of ideas about our shared experience of time, through technology, space, cultures, and connectivity. Nam June Paik exhibited many versions of T.V. Clock.

Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015

Works by this artist (2 items)

Leo Meissner, Canyon Grandeur, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1978.103.2
Canyon Grandeur
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Leo Meissner, Coney Island, ca. 1929-1939, linoleum cut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.42
Coney Island
Artist
Dateca. 1929-1939
linoleum cut on paper
Not on view

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