Nam June Paik, Fluxus

Zen For Film

1964

A group of men stand around a movie camera under the title "Zen for Film by Nam June Paik."
A group of men stand around a movie camera under the title "Zen for Film by Nam June Paik."

Recto

Not on view

Date
1964

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph mounted on plastic box (a); plastic film (b)

Dimensions
Overall (Box): 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (9.5 × 12.1 × 2.9 cm)

Accession number
94.205.4a-b

Publication
Published by George Maciunas

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Robert and Marilyn Wilson Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© Nam June Paik Estate

API
artworks/38268

Part of a series:
Fluxus Collection
26 works

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A grid of forty-two black-and-white portrait stamps labeled "Fluxpost" with individual numbers.
Left side shows a long fur coat with hands in pockets and right side shows a nude torso.
A vintage-style strongman poster promoting Fluxfest on April 21 at 8 PM.
Discarded paper plates with food scraps, a broken banana peel, and litter scattered on grass.
Clear plastic organizer box holding sticky notes and assorted small craft pieces like foam, tiles, and wires.
A cassette-style case showing a line-drawn head and the title "E.S.P. fluxkit by James Riddle."
Eight colored cards and an envelope arranged in a grid for a color-matching test.
Large black-and-white Fluxfest poster featuring dense columns of program text and bold graphic title.
Clear plastic case holding black-and-white halftone artwork with small title and artist text.

Nam June Paik
29 works in the collection, 10 exhibitions

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Fluxus
26 works in the collection

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