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By Chris Klimek
Special to The Examiner
Name: John G. Hanhardt
Occupation: Consulting Senior Curator for Film and Media Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Residence: New York City
The Work: "Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii," by Nam June Paik, 1995. 49-channel closed circuit video installation, neon, steel and electronic components.
What I Want to Tell You About This Piece: Nam June Paik has been called the father of video art. He was the first artist to understand the full breadth of what the electronic moving image could be. He wanted it to be an...