Video Flag x

1985

Nam June Paik American, 1932 - 2006

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Paik uses video as his art form to create rapidly moving images that combine to form the pattern of stars and stripes of the American flag. The television sets project a flickering series of predominantly red, white, and blue images meant to visually engage the viewer who is accustomed to the passivity associated with watching television. Paik emphasizes the pop cultural influences of America, the stars and stripes of the flag, and the television set, while making a metaphorical statement about the dominance of technology in the twentieth century.

Title Video Flag x

Artwork Date 1985

Artist Nam June Paik

Life Dates 1932 - 2006

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium 84 10-inch quasar televisions, 3 channels of video (color), laserdiscs, laserdisc players, acrylic cabinet

Dimensions Overall: 74 1/2 × 138 3/4 inches (189.2 cm × 3 m 52.4 cm)

Classification Film and Video

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Lila and Gilbert B. Silverman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F1986.40

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The artist;
(Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3 (1986): (cover ill.), (fig. 1).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Nam June Paik, Video Flag x, 1985, 84 10-inch Quasar televisions, 3 channels of video (color), Laserdiscs, Laserdisc players, acrylic cabinet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Lila and Gilbert B. Silverman, F1986.40.

Untitled

Multiple makers

1973

No Available Image

Video Portrait

Nam June Paik

1978

Olympe de Gouges

Multiple makers

1989

Cage in Cage in Cage

Nam June Paik

1994

Violin Boat

Nam June Paik

no date

Insertion Band

American

early 20th century

No Available Image

Pattern and Sample Book for Girl's Clothing

Mary Cummings

between 1910 and 1935

No Available Image

Scarf

American

1925

No Available Image

Pink Bouquet

Anonymous

1928

No Available Image

Coat

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

No Available Image

Dress

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

No Available Image

Dress

American

c. 1947

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