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.
Authors
- Kimia Shahi
Publication Details
- Journal
- The New England Quarterly
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_a_01046
- Primary Topic
- Travel Writing and Literature
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00