"Running an artist estate is a thankless job. There are about 10 very frustrating, irritating events, and then once in a while you have something that's joyous that happens. Korea has a lot of Nam June pieces, but nothing this old and of this importance."
"It's been 25 years since there's been a Nam June show that involved either the artist or the estate. The material in the Paik exhibition is coming from the estate, and it spans the length of his career. Some of it has never, or only rarely, been presented in public."
"Works from the 1960s and '70s are quite rare, because back then, especially, he was not able to sell many of the works. The offerings include a very early construction, Media Sandwich (1961-64), which incorporates Japanese phonograph records, German electronics magazines, and a 19th-century print."
Ken Hakuta manages the estate of his uncle Nam June Paik, the pioneering Korean video artist who died in 2006. Gagosian gallery is staging a solo exhibition titled "Nam June Paik: Rewind / Repeat" on April 2 in Seoul at the APMA Cabinet, a project space within Amorepacific's headquarters. The show features approximately a dozen pieces from the estate spanning Paik's entire career, including works rarely or never publicly displayed. Notable pieces include Media Sandwich (1961-64), incorporating Japanese phonograph records and German electronics magazines, and TV Bra for Living Sculpture (1969), famously worn by cellist Charlotte Moorman. This marks the first major Nam June exhibition involving the artist or estate in Korea for 25 years, showcasing historically significant works from the 1960s and 1970s that were difficult to sell during that period.
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