  About the Artwork
  
  
  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
  
  
  
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  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
  
  
  
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  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
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  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
  
  
  Copyright
  © Estate of Nam June Paik
