Artist Monograph

Nam June Paik, American

American, born Korea. 1932–2006

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 45 31.9%
Photography 44 31.2%
Video 17 12.1%
Drawing 12 8.5%
Lithography 7 5%
Printmaking 6 4.3%
Film 5 3.5%
Acrylic Painting 2 1.4%

Nam June Paik’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Other Media (22,470 total works in this medium by 3,843 artists), with secondary engagement in Photography, Video, Drawing, Lithography, Printmaking, Film, Acrylic Painting.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints8862.4%
Fluxus Collection3222.7%
Media and Performance1812.8%
Painting & Sculpture21.4%
Photography10.7%

Production by Decade

17
0s
81
1960s
26
1970s
15
1980s
2
1990s

Classification Types

  • Photograph — 43
  • Video — 22
  • Print — 21
  • Drawing — 15
  • Audio — 14
  • Multiple — 7
  • Correspondence — 7
  • Sculpture — 6

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19741
19751
19812
19926
19931
19998
20002
2008109
20131
20181

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas