Fluxus, Nam June Paik

N.J. PAIK: FLUXUS Island in Decollage OCEAN
1963

A scanned image of a conceptual artwork resembling a hand-drawn map on a beige paper. The map features an irregularly shaped island labeled "Fluxus Island" with various annotations, symbols, and names scattered across it, including references to "Baltic Ocean" and "Delaware Ocean." The left side of the image contains a list of names and terms related to the art movement, such as "HAPPENINGS," "MANIFESTATIONEN," and "George BRECHT." The overall layout is reminiscent of a brainstorming or planning document for an artistic project.

A scanned image of a conceptual artwork resembling a hand-drawn map on a beige paper. The map features an irregularly shaped island labeled "Fluxus Island" with various annotations, symbols, and names scattered across it, including references to "Baltic Ocean" and "Delaware Ocean." The left side of the image contains a list of names and terms related to the art movement, such as "HAPPENINGS," "MANIFESTATIONEN," and "George BRECHT." The overall layout is reminiscent of a brainstorming or planning document for an artistic project.

Not on view

Date
1963

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 22 5/8in. (39.8 × 57.5 cm)

Accession number
94.205.27

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Robert and Marilyn Wilson Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© Nam June Paik Estate

API
artworks/38291

Part of a series:

Fluxus Collection

31 works

Black and white optical illusion with hidden words among patterns of circles.

A collage of 42 vintage portrait stamps labeled "FLUXPOST" with numbers 1 to 42, featuring various men with early 20th-century hairstyles and attire.

Art collage with a fur coat on the left and a partial nude female figure on the right, with "FILIX STATIONFRY" text overlay.

Vintage poster with a strongman flexing, advertising Fluxfest with "12 Big Names" including Philip Glass, at 80 Wooster.

Discarded paper plates with food scraps and trash on the ground.

Open clear plastic case with compartments containing various objects: blue glass pieces, white cubes, dried flower, green crescent shape.

A collection of six colored rectangles arranged in two columns on a white background, with a yellow envelope on the right and a set of instructions titled "DOP" on the top left corner. The instructions suggest blindfolding oneself and rubbing fingers over the papers to distinguish colors by touch, attributed to James Riddle. The colors from top to bottom on the left column are gray and yellow, and on the right column are blue, red, and green, with an orange rectangle spanning across both columns at the bottom.

A poster featuring a dense layout of text and graphics related to the Fluxus art movement, with various event descriptions, artistic contributions, and stylized typography. The central graphic spells out "FLUXFEST SALE" in bold, black letters, surrounded by smaller text and images, including circular face designs, musical notation, and abstract shapes.

Halftone pattern on a CD case with text "FLUX NAPKINS BY SHIGEKO KUBOTA" visible through the dots.

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