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Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

(1986)

Overview

Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.

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Original TitleHellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1986-10-10

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 58m

Genres

  • Documentary