Chihiro Iwasaki describes children that were suffering, dying and surviving during the Vietnam war. She felt grief for Vietnamese children that were killed or lost their parents, and their families. This is the last work in her life, she was always yearning for the peace on the earth.
It is really impressive that a comparison of the description of the mother, who protects her child desperately in the fires of the war, and the child who feels safe, angelic by being held her mother.
ベトナム戦争で死んでいった子供たち、戦火の中を生き抜いた子供達を、いわさきちひろは熱い思いで描き、平和への思いを表現した、彼女の生前最後の作品。
戦火の中で子供を守ろうとする母の姿と、母親に抱かれて無垢で安心感を抱いている子供の姿の対比が印象的である。
It is really impressive that a comparison of the description of the mother, who protects her child desperately in the fires of the war, and the child who feels safe, angelic by being held her mother.
ベトナム戦争で死んでいった子供たち、戦火の中を生き抜いた子供達を、いわさきちひろは熱い思いで描き、平和への思いを表現した、彼女の生前最後の作品。
戦火の中で子供を守ろうとする母の姿と、母親に抱かれて無垢で安心感を抱いている子供の姿の対比が印象的である。