Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung
Title:
Black And Blue
Collection Title Date:
1971-1991
Date:
1976
Materials:
Black ink and blue paint on 15 sheets of paper.
Dimensions:
w8.25 x h11.75 inches
Current Location:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Address:
Berkeley, CA 94720
Object ID:
1992.4.53
Provenance:
Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation
Object Type:
Work on paper
Heading:
Description
Notes:
"Black and Blue" is rubber-stamped in upper case letters in black ink on 13 pages. "Blacks and blues" is rubber-stamped in lower case letters in black ink on 1 page. "Blues" is rubber-stamped in lower case letters in black ink on 1 page. Blue paint is added to 2 pages with the "Black And Blue" rubber-stamp.
Notes:
Cha creates patterns on the paper using rubber-stamp "Black And Blue." In two instances she transforms the rubber-stamp by adding blue paint. "Markings" is defined as the act of making a mark or marks. "Black and blue" is the discoloration from congestion of blood under the skin, as a bruise. In the text Cha is possibly emphasizing black and blue, bruise, hurt, impression. The pain, impression has left a marking physically and mentally. By repeating the rubber-stamp on various sheets Cha emphasizes the existence of many "markings" possibly on one individual or from one situation. The patterns also may signify the occurrences or lapses between the marking. Blue paint may signify "blue" sad and gloomy emotion one feels as result of the "markings."
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf8z09n9j 1

Black And Blue