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"inscription": "Signed lower right TV screen; numbered lower left TV screen in graphite;\r\nlower right corner, print shop blindstamp of Clay Street Press\r\n\r\n",
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"title": "Korean Gallery 236 Rotation",
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"opening_date": "2018-01-29T05:00:00"
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"title": "Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art",
"description": "Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 21, 2025-May 3, 2026).",
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"description": "\"Electronic Undercurrents\" at the Statens Museum, Copenhagen",
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"did_you_know": "In the final row of Sonata I, Paik includes an image of himself and a bare-breasted Charlotte Moorman performing his composition Cello Sonata No. 1 for Adults Only in 1965. They were arrested for public indecency immediately after the performance.",
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"description": "From a set of four prints entitled Sonata, these prints juxtapose collaged images from Nam June Paik\u2019s childhood, including photographs, musical compositions, and clips from his video works. In the final row of Sonata I, Paik included an image capturing his sensational performance with cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman in 1965. And, in Sonata III, Paik included a few images that echo his memory with his father whom he rebelled against in his youth. As one of the core members of Fluxus (from the Latin word for flowing), an international experimental and interdisciplinary art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Paik stood out with his electronic works employing television sets and a stream of endless images and videos clips.",
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