Hakgojae presents an exhibition of Nam June Paik from January 21 to March 15 for its first exhibition of 2015. This exhibition is comprised of total 12 works from two important Nam June Paik exhibitions hold in China last year; Sanshang Art, Hangzhou's and Hakgojae Shanghai. Nam June Paik has recently gathering interest and focus from international art world. Tate Modern opened a new display of works by Paik on its 4th floor from November 2014. Through this display, Tate acquired nine works and this shows the importance of the artist in modern and contemporary art history. Holding Paik's solo exhibition is meaningful for Hakgojae in this movement as a gallery in the artist's homeland. This exhibition provides a rare opportunity to experience the world known and legendary artist Paik's art world to the public. Moreover, this exhibition is willing to create far-reaching legacy that may be seen in the growing numbers of subsequent generations of artist in their works.  

W3 is one of Paik's masterpieces, which makes the artist's idealistic prediction for future media landscape to be realized. W3 compromised with 64 single monitors means world wide web and indicates internet. This art work represents the future aesthetic world Nam June Paik dreamed and visualize the concept of "Electronic Super Highway" by predicting this internet era, web-culture, and pop-culture in 1974. The artist transformed a common and authoritative object TV into an artistic subject to wake its audience's aesthetic reasons. Paik's art world provides the audience a chance to experience his love for the freedom of the human spirit.   

Nam June Paik(1932-2006), a key member of Fluxus, is considered the "father of video art." Nam June Paik was born in Seoul in 1932, and studied music and art history in Tokyo and Munich. He is represented in major public and private collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington. A retrospective of his work was held at Tate Liverpool in 2010.