The Korea Times
Media artist Nam June Paik has returned to his hometown in the form of an intimate new exhibition that invites visitors into the artist’s world through the eyes — and stories — of his nephew and estate executor, Ken Hakuta. The exhibition, “Nam June Paik: Rewind / Repeat,” opened Wednesday on the first floor of APMA Cabinet at Amorepacific’s headquarters in central Seoul, in collaboration with the Nam June Paik Estate and Gagosian. It is the first estate-led solo show for the artist in his birth city in 25 years, and brings together 11 works that are relatively unknown to the public. “I’m sure today is a very happy day for Paik Nam June because he’s back in his home city of Seoul and he loves being in Korea,” Hakuta told reporters during a walkthrough, noting that Paik’s ashes rest at Bongeunsa temple just across the river. ‘TV Bra for Living Sculpture’ “TV Bra for Living Sculpture” (1969) is a transparent plastic brassiere embedded with two small television sets that was famously worn by cellist Charlotte Moorman in performances beginning in 1969. The work,
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