Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Name: Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
Director: John Junkerman
Released: 1986
Rating: 5
Cast: Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki

1986 · ★ 5 · Dir. John Junkerman

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.

Released: 1986-10-10
Runtime: 58 min
Language: EN
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