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Nam June Paik
Video Flag Z1986

Not on view
Sculptural grid of small vintage television sets arranged to display an American flag pattern, with star and stripe imagery across approximately 130 screens in gold-toned plastic casings
Video installation of approximately 84 small vintage televisions arranged in a grid, displaying red and white horizontal stripes on most screens; upper-left monitors show white stars on a blue and purple field, evoking an American flag pattern across the stacked monitors.
Video installation comprising a large grid of approximately 80 small vintage television monitors stacked in rows; upper-left monitors display a silver star on a purple background, while the remaining monitors show red and white horizontal stripes resembling a flag, with glowing blue screen borders visible on each unit.
Video installation composed of a large rectangular grid of small vintage television monitors, displaying a synchronized American flag motif: upper-left monitors show glowing pink, blue, and purple stars on dark backgrounds; remaining monitors display red and white horizontal stripes with faint reflected light.
Video installation composed of a large grid of vintage CRT televisions arranged in rows, displaying two alternating images: a blue and white geometric pattern with purple floral elements on the left half, and a warm terracotta-toned landscape with green plant forms on the right half.
Video installation with a grid of approximately 80 small CRT monitors stacked in rows, displaying two alternating images: an abstract pink and purple geometric pattern, and a desert road receding into a blue sky, in warm terracotta and lavender tones.
Mixed-media installation composing an American flag from small glowing television monitors against a dark background; blue neon stars form the canton at left, while rows of orange-and-white striped screens create the stripes at right.
Video installation: large grid of approximately 90 small CRT monitors arranged in rows. Left columns display a blue star shape on bright blue background; remaining monitors show a heart-shaped dark form above an orange-red landscape.

Nam June Paik, Video Flag Z, 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Art Museum Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Nam June Paik
South Korea, Seoul, active United States, 1932-2006
Title
Video Flag Z
Place Made
South Korea
Date Made
1986
Medium
Television sets, videodiscs, videodiscs players, and Plexiglas modular cabinet
Dimensions
Overall: 75 x 138 1/2 x 16 in. (190.5 x 351.79 x 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Art Museum Council
Accession Number
M.86.156.1-.99
Classification
Time Based Media
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Haskell, Barbara and Phillips, Lisa. The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000. The Whitney Museum of American Art and W.W. Norton & Company, 2000.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
Copyright
© Nam June Paik

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