Untitled
Date/ 2002
Artist(Credit Line)/ Nam June Paik
Classification/ Painting
Dimensions / 76.2×91.4cm
After Nam June Paik collapsed by a stroke in 1996, it left half of his body paralyzed and subsequently he suffered from diabetes and cataract. Nonetheless, he was never stopped from being high-spirited, creative and studious. In the 2000s when he had many physical constraints, he primarily worked on paintings whose style was immediate and humorous in his typical way in terms of both artistic concepts and insight for life. This painting portrays the Bodhisattva with a thousand arms, one of his oft-depicted motifs, in simplified lines. Below are its Chinese name and part of a Buddhist prayer written.
After Nam June Paik collapsed by a stroke in 1996, it left half of his body paralyzed and subsequently he suffered from diabetes and cataract. Nonetheless, he was never stopped from being high-spirited, creative and studious. In the 2000s when he had many physical constraints, he primarily worked on paintings whose style was immediate and humorous in his typical way in terms of both artistic concepts and insight for life. This painting portrays the Bodhisattva with a thousand arms, one of his oft-depicted motifs, in simplified lines. Below are its Chinese name and part of a Buddhist prayer written.
