June 12-July 25, 2010 Traversée/Travesía
La Cason de los Olivera (Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
Group exhibition of 16 artists from Montréal and Buenos Aires
May 19-August 8, 2010 Collecting the New
Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin, Ireland)
The show presents artworks recently acquired for IMMA’s Collection and
marks the first occasion that these works have been shown at the Museum as part
of that Collection. The exhibition comprises some 42 works which have, for the
most part, been acquired since 2005, through purchase, donation and loans. Twenty-six
Irish and international artists are represented, including Amanda Coogan, Patrick
Hall, Stefan Kürten, Catherine Lee, Janet Mullarney, Makiko Nakamura, Hughie
O’Donoghue, and Susan Tiger. The exhibition reflects the Museum’s
acquisition policy that the Collection should be firmly rooted in the present,
concentrating on acquiring the work of living artists, but also accepting donations
and loans of more historical art objects with a particular emphasis on work
from the 1940s onwards.(link)
September 3-October 16, 2010 Thread—Bound (Curator: Wendy Peart)
Art Gallery of Regina
Ongoing
activities
May 6-June 19, 2010 Fourteen Again Chelsea
Art Museum (New York)
Artists: Justin Berry, Slater Bradley, Nancy Drew, Anthony Goicolea, Wilfredo
Ortega, Tony Oursler, Karen Tam.
May 15-October 31, 2010 PAPER
Pavillon de l'Amitié, Jardin de Chine
Jardin Botanique de Montréal / Montreal Botanical Garden
February 14, 2010 Sweet & Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants by John Jung
Published by Yin & Yang Press(buy)
Essay contribution
"Sweet and Sour examines the history of Chinese family restaurants
in the U. S. and Canada. Why did many Chinese immigrants enter this business
around the end of the 19th century? What conditions made it possible for Chinese
to open and succeed in operating restaurants after they emigrated to North America?
How did Chinese restaurants manage to attract non-Chinese customers, given that
they had little or no acquaintance with the Chinese style of food preparation
and many had vicious hostility toward Chinese immigrants? The goal of Sweet
and Sour is to understand how the small Chinese family restaurants functioned.
Narratives provided by 10 Chinese who grew up in their family restaurants in
all parts of the North America provide valuable insights on the role that this
ethnic business had on their lives. Is there any future for this type of immigrant
enterprise in the modern world of franchised and corporate owned eateries or
will it soon, like the Chinese laundry, be a relic of history."
Until September 6, 2010 DIASPORArt: Strategy and Seduction by Canadian Artists from Culturally
Diverse Communities in Works from the Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank
at Rideau Hall (Ottawa)
The exhibition will be installed in the Ambassadors Room, Rideau Hall, the official
residence of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor
General of Canada. You can visit the exhibition until September 6th, 2010. Photos
taken at the vernissage
Everyone Was Mushu Fighting! is a pink vinyl cut-out of dragons chasing
after a plate of mushu pork, installed on the glass staircase at the National
Glass Centre (Sunderland, UK) more
Breathe Chongqing residency at 501 Artspace, co-organized by Chinese
Arts Centre in Manchester (Chongqing, China) view temporary blog
News
2010
April 15- Long-listed for the Sobey Art Award 2010 (link)
Spring issue- Article. Julie Lavigne. "Démarches artistiques contemporaines:
Karen Tam et l'authentique biscuits chinois québécois". Les
Cahiers du 27 Juin, Vol. 5, no. 1(p.34-37)
April- Interview with Olga Milosevich on Mainstream Nova Scotia, CBC
Radio One
April 1- Article. Laura Kenins. "Karen Tam trades spaces". Halifax
Coast (read)
April 1- Review. Adam Volk. "Asian Fusion". Ottawa XPress
(read)
Jan. 31- Cameo appearance of textile work, The Siege of Jingxin Pharmaceutical
(After Rotterdam) (2005) on CBC TV's The National : “Outsider
Art” segment
Jan. 13- Jeff Mahoney. "Celebrating blue-collar history". Hamilton
Spectator (read)
Jan. 7- "The Year Ahead: Top Art Picks of 2010". Canadian Art
(read)
2009
Nov. 25- Interview. Zabrina Law. Spitfiyah! CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal
July- Review. "Pot Luck". Claire Mahoney. South Wales: Buzz Magazine
May 26- Review. "Take a Shot At Pot Luck". Metro UK (read)
May 26- Review. Terry Grimley. "Capturing the flavour of art." Birmingham
Post (read)
May 23- Preview. Robert Clark. The Guardian (read)
2008
Oct. 18- Review. Peter Goddard, "Humiliating Music Makes Amusing Art".
The Toronto Star
Nov/Dec- Review. Gigi Chang. Crafts UK
Sept. 12- Interview. Britainy Robinson. CBC News At Six Saskatchewan,
CBC-TV
Sept. 11- Interview. Global Evening News. Global-TV Saskatoon
Sept. 11- Interview. Britainy Robinson. The Morning Edition. CBC Saskatchewan
Radio
Sept. 11- Interview. Afternoon Buzz. CFCR Radio 90.5FM, Saskatoon
August- Interview. Stéphanie Bellenger. In Vivo. Radio Chine
Internationale
August 14-20. Profile. Brett Hooton. Hot Shots 2008, in Montréal's
The Hour.
June 16 & 17- Interview. Host: Eloi Desjardins. Un "Show"
de Mot'Art. CHOQ.FM, CIBL.FM, CISM.FM, Montréal
Feb. 15, 2007- Interview. Claire Hoang. Produced by Let's Go Global TV, Manchester.
Available for viewing on YouTube.com
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Sweet & Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants
by John Jung
Published by Yin & Yang Press(buy)
"Sweet and Sour examines the history of Chinese family restaurants
in the U. S. and Canada. The goal of Sweet and Sour is to understand how
the small Chinese family restaurants functioned. Narratives provided by
10 Chinese who grew up in their family restaurants in all parts of the
North America provide valuable insights on the role that this ethnic business
had on their lives. Is there any future for this type of immigrant enterprise
in the modern world of franchised and corporate owned eateries or will
it soon, like the Chinese laundry, be a relic of history."
Exhibition catalog of Karen Tam, curated by Mary
Jane Jacob, at CUE Arts Foundation (New York, NY) available from CUE
Art Foundation.
Chinese Firecrackers CD. Music of the 19th and
early 20th century as interpreted by David Hancock, Robert Tam, Karen
Tam, and Ying Kwok. Limited edition of 50.
Gold Mountain Restaurant Montagne d'Or published
by MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) with contributions from
Françoise Bélu, Marcel Blouin, Sylvie Lachance, Day's Lee
Available from MAI,
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal bookstore, Musée
de beaux-arts de Montréal bookstore.
