The subseries includes clippings from newspapers, books and magazines that pertain to Nam June Paik and his career. Included are published reviews of solo and group exhibitions in which he was a participant. There are also clippings that appear to have been compiled by the artist as possible source materials for his writings or artistic creations.
In addition, there are clippings about the arts in general (visual arts, media arts, music, film and literature); clippings on current and historic world news events, and articles related to technology, computers and television, and other specific topics. Much like newspaper clippings, magazine clippings can be broken down into similar subject areas, but there are also clippings from various sources including fashion magazines such as Vogue (both French and American) that may have served as visual source materials for the artist.
There are also a number of clippings that were sleeved in loose scrapbook pages and these have been retained in their original order to retain context. The sleeved scrapbook materials include newspaper and magazine clippings; as well as exhibition and performance announcements and fliers, and a typescript performance score.
Clippings about Paik and Charlotte Moorman from two German language newspapers are particularly fragile with large tears. There is also a scrapbook (made from a wire bound sketchbook) that contains clippings from Asian language newspapers from the early 1980s.
Unfortunately there were two folders of magazine and newspaper clippings that were too damaged to photocopy. They consisted of pages from Variety, February 26, 1975 (pages 21-22, 29-30, 35-36, and 43-44), the New York Times, March 2, 1975, Section 2, and Westside News, 1967 (Vol. XIII, no. 30).
Arrangement:
The voluminous files of clippings are generally arranged by subject and then sorted by date, language or publication title. Folders for events, installations or performances featuring Nam June Paik appear first. These are followed by folders of clippings featuring other artists or the arts in general (including dance recitals, concerts, and film festivals) not (apparently) featuring Paik; and then by general news and or topic such as articles on science, television and technology and images of women. Clippings that may have served as source materials for Nam June Paik (including folders of cartoons and nineteenth century color plates) are arranged at the end of the subseries.
In addition to the loose clippings found in this series, entire newspapers or sections of newspapers can be found in Series 14 of this collection.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the archive requires an advance appointment. Please contact Paik Archive staff by email at PaikArchive@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Unpublished materials are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Collection Citation:
Nam June Paik Archive, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Gift of the Nam June Paik Estate
Sponsor:
This collection was processed with support from the Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
