The largest monograph to date on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, renowned for her prescient masterpiece Dictée (1982), titled Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, will be published this June.
 
This publication accompanies the artist’s retrospective exhibition held on January 24 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) in the United States. It marks the first major monograph and exhibition catalogue on Cha since The Dream of the Audience (2001).
 
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings brings together extensive archival materials and works spanning Cha’s multifaceted artistic practice, including mail art, film, conceptual art, performance, and poetry.

Meanwhile, BAMPFA presents this exhibition—its first retrospective on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in 20 years and the largest exhibition dedicated to the artist to date—as a comprehensive survey of her artistic practice across conceptual art, film, performance, and poetry. The exhibition also introduces early textile and ceramic works that have never previously been shown.
 
In conjunction with the exhibition and the publication of the monograph, BAMPFA will host a range of public programs, including a symposium featuring leading scholars of Cha’s work, a public reading of Dictée, and screenings of the artist’s films and related works.

The exhibition runs through April 19 and will subsequently tour major cities in the United States and abroad. The monograph is currently available for pre-order through platforms such as Amazon and Aladin. Further details can be found on the BAMPFA website(https://bampfa.org/program/theresa-hak-kyung-cha-multiple-offerings).

References

• BAMPFA, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
• KF 보도자료 (KF Press Release)