Nam June Paik (1932)
United States
Biography :
"Nam June Paik is a Korean artist considered the founder of video art. He was born in Seoul on July 20, 1932 and died in Miami on January 29, 2006. His genius was to have understood that the appearance of television had changed the world.
“Marcel Duchamp did everything except the video.
He made a large entrance door and a very small exit door.
This door is the video.
It is through it that we can escape from Marcel Duchamp. »
Nam June Paik, 1975"
(Source, website, Cahier de Séoul)