Ugly Buddha Complex, 1991-1996

Medium

cast bronze (buddhas) and empty metal television cases

Dimensions

overall installed: 65.41 × 482.6 × 304.8 cm (25 3/4 × 190 × 120 in.)
overall (ugly buddha): 65.41 × 41.91 × 29.21 cm (25 3/4 × 16 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
overall (green buddha): 63.5 × 52.07 × 37.47 cm (25 × 20 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.)
overall (cross-legged buddha): 53.02 × 62.23 × 27.94 cm (20 7/8 × 24 1/2 × 11 in.)
overall (ugly television): 38.1 × 36.83 × 27.94 cm (15 × 14 1/2 × 11 in.)
overall (RCA television case): 31.75 × 34.29 × 40.32 cm (12 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 15 7/8 in.)
overall (RCA Victor television case): 31.75 × 24.77 × 30.48 cm (12 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 12 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Hakuta Family

Accession Number

2014.44.1

Artists / Makers

Nam June Paik (artist) American, born South Korea, 1932 - 2006

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Inscription

front of ugly buddha: PAIK '96; back of ugly buddha, to right of foundry mark: CAST / 95

Provenance

The artist; his estate; gift 2014 to NGA.

Associated Names

Hakuta, Ken

Exhibition History

1996: [exhibition], Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, 1996.