in online exhibition 55 Years of Schellmann Art

Nam June Paik

I Never Read Wittgenstein (I Will Never Understand Wittgenstein), 1997

From Wall Works
Wall painting in seven colors with an antique German TV playing the video Color Bar Theme and Variations. TV set varies in model within the edition, installation size according to the wall. Limited to 15 installations, with a signed and numbered certificate.

In this edition, Nam June Paik's video composition plays inside a single antique TV console placed on the floor in front of the chosen wall. The wall itself is painted in colored vertical stripes, which are based on the SMPTE color bars used to test US color television. This is one of two related works Paik created for the Wall Works project (the other one features four antique TV consoles, mounted on each of the four corners of the wall); both are part of the collection of the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin.

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