Yoon Gallery Collection of Nam June Paik prints and drawings

In the lobby of the Gwacheon branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nam June Paik’s video work, “More is more,” stands. More is more is one of the aesthetics that runs through Nam June Paik's world of work. Through “Good Morning, Mr. Orwell” in 1984, Nam June Paik implemented a way of appreciating art that allows tens of millions of people on the planet to enjoy works of art and artistic performances at the same time. His practical aesthetic is that “the more people share it, the better the art becomes.”

Printmaking is an art genre that well embodies Nam June Paik's spirit of more is more. Nam June Paik produced prints from an early age. His early prints, which were little known domestically, are a collection of prints produced in 1978 at the Okabe Silkscreen Studio in Hadano, Kanazawa Prefecture, Japan. This 9-panel print collection is made up of silkscreen prints. In order to raise funds for the above-mentioned 1984 satellite broadcast of “Good Morning Miss Orwell,” Nam June Paik produced prints. Nam June Paik and John Cage, who also participated in this satellite broadcasting project, participated in the production and took a total of 299 prints, including 49 AP. Jeong Ki-yong, CEO of Won Gallery in Seoul, purchased these in bulk and greatly helped the process. Around 1988, when More Is Better was established, Nam June Paik produced many prints. It was truly an era of more being more, and most of these prints were produced by joint publishers Hyundai Gallery and Won Gallery.