Karen Tam

PORTFOLIO ARCHIVES

Sailing across a vast ocean, 100 000 miles apart II (2006)

6.09 x 5.49 m Cigarette foil, Chinese red paper As installed at A Space, Toronto

"Our bones will be tossed into pits to be buried with horses and oxen" (2011)
Paper-cutout, 21 x 28 cm / 8.5 x 11 in.


Rosie's Ching-chongery (2007) Paper-cutout, 40 x 56 cm / 15.7 x 22 in.	Get Over It, Rosie! (2007) Paper-cutout, 40 x 56 cm / 15.7 x 22 in.

Le Pavillon series (2005-2006)

Left to right: Asian Fever (2005), paper, 38 x 53 cm / 21 x 15 in Meet Under the Bamboo Tree (2005),paper, 42 x 40 cm / 15.7 x 16.5 in. Genuine American Chop Suey Served With Some Hokey-Pokey! (2006), paper, 33 x 33 cm / 13 x 13 in. Monkey-Brained Mandarin (2005), paper, 26 x 47 cm / 18.5 x 10.2 in. The New Old Comet: A Phenomenon Now Visible (2006), paper, 13 x 68 cm / 5.1 x 26.7 in.


Pineapple Chicken / Poulet à l'anana (2005) Dimensions variable Folded paper	Bling!Bling! Happiness!! (2005) Sequins, paint, Styrospan 122 x 122 x 2.5 cm / 48 x 48 x 1 in.

Real-Life Heroes Who Make a Difference (2004) As installed in the Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art

Middle and far-right: The Sam Maguire Cup (2004) Real-Life Heroes Who Make A Difference: Lucky Gourd (2004) Paper, 71 x 106.5 x 59 cm / 28 x 42 x 23 in. and 30.5 x 71 x 30.5 cm / 12 x 28 x 12 in. In collaboration with Irish Chinese youths. Collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Rice-bags

Left to right: 'The Royal Bird Call'd Foo hum' (2005), 91.4 x 56 cm / 36 x 22 in. The Siege of Jingxin Pharmaceutical (After Rotterdam) (2005), 73.6 x 45.7 cm / 29 x 18 in. The Canadian Pacific Railway, The Only Route Between East and West (2002-03), 73.6 x 45.7 cm / 29 x 18 in.

Left to right: Ideal Happiness (2003), 91.4 x 56 cm / 36 x 22 in. Ideal Fisherman (2003), 91.4 x 56 cm / 36 x 22 in. Ideal Landscape (2003), 91.4 x 56 cm / 36 x 22 in.


Ching-Chong Chinaman Sitting on a Wall, Along Came a White Man And Chopped Off His Balls (2003) Paper, 60 x 76 cm / 23.6 x 30 in.	Itch for China (2003) Paper, 60 x 76 cm / 23.6 x 30 in.