Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 ~ January 29, 2006)

I am saddened to learn of the death yesterday of a very nice man and important great artist. Please see this quick short note as an homage and big thank you to him, pending a larger one. On Saturday, August 6, 1966, he had been my guest at an apartment in downtown Luxembourg City, overlooking the city's salon, the Place d'Armes (in the building where my "The American Bookstore in Luxemburg" and Galerie Butterbach were located). At this reception in his honour we had hoped that he could give a concert (a performance) together with Ms. Charlotte Moorman. The two had travelled separately and Ms. Moorman somehow got lost in Stockholm and did not arrive in time before the departure of Mr. Paik by plane scheduled for Sunday. These are the rough details as far as I can remember them now without checking my documents of that time and also our correspondence in the years 1962 and 1965 in particular. But I would absolutely like to get these lines online today. So, what was planned to be a concert remained a party, but one which I will always gratefully remember with a special excitement. I hope to be able to reveal more at a later date. In the meantime, you can find some information on the following page of the Guggenheim Museum:

http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/paik/paik_top.html