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Sculpture consisting of two horseshoe magnets, which appear worn with peeled paint. The smaller white magnet rests, slightly tilted, with its legs on the larger grey one standing with its legs on a grey surface. The grey magnet features two faded imprints in yellow and red.

Sculpture consisting of two horseshoe magnets, which appear worn with peeled paint. The smaller white magnet rests, slightly tilted, with its legs on the larger grey one standing with its legs on a grey surface. The grey magnet features two faded imprints in yellow and red.

Sculpture consisting of two horseshoe magnets, which appear worn with peeled paint. The smaller white magnet rests, slightly tilted, with its legs on the larger grey one standing with its legs on a grey surface. The grey magnet features two faded imprints in yellow and red.

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Nam June Paik 白南準

Double Magnet 一對磁鐵

1973

Nam June Paik was a pioneer of unconventional modes of expression who made innovative use of television as an artistic medium. Double Magnet, a small industrial magnet placed atop a large one, is a little-known work that nevertheless speaks to a key component in Paik’s career-long experimentation with electronics and interactivity. In Magnet TV (1965), for example, he invited viewers to transform televised images into abstract forms by moving a magnet on top of a television set. Double Magnet is a rare example in Paik’s oeuvre of a sculptural work that consists entirely of found materials. It eliminates the essential function of the magnets, suggesting a new way to think about them in terms of materiality and form.

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Object Number:

2015.50

Object Type:

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Nam June Paik (Artist)

Medium:

magnet

Date:

1973

Dimensions:

overall: 22 × 13.6 × 9.8 cm

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M+, Hong Kong

Copyright:

© Estate of Nam June Paik

About the Maker:

Nam June Paik (1932–2006, South Korea) was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. As a pioneer of technology-based art, Paik has created a large body of work comprising performances, single-channel moving image works, video sculptures, and installations. Known for his experimental, collaborative, and interdisciplinary practice, he was a key member of the Fluxus movement and a visionary thinker who predicted the future of art making and communication in the internet age.

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