Pacific New England: Reuben Tam's Archipelagic Landscapes

Abstract Transit between far-flung islands shaped the life of Hawai'ian-born artist Reuben Tam: from his birthplace, Kauai, to Monhegan, his adopted home in Maine, and back. This essay explores how these archipelagic relations oriented Tam's landscape paintings towards the ocean's geophysical materiality, forging new painterly connections between Pacific and Atlantic worlds.

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The New England Quarterly
Published
2024-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_a_01046
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Travel Writing and Literature
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Pacific New England: Reuben Tam's Archipelagic Landscapes

Kimia Shahi
The New England Quarterly
Travel Writing and Literature
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Pacific New England: Reuben Tam's Archipelagic Landscapes

Kimia Shahi
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Abstract

Abstract Transit between far-flung islands shaped the life of Hawai'ian-born artist Reuben Tam: from his birthplace, Kauai, to Monhegan, his adopted home in Maine, and back. This essay explores how these archipelagic relations oriented Tam's landscape paintings towards the ocean's geophysical materiality, forging new painterly connections between Pacific and Atlantic worlds.

The New England QuarterlyVol. 97(4)
Openalex Percentile: Top 69%
Travel Writing and Literature
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