Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Hagstrom, Fred

"Paradise Lost is about nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands conducted by the US in the 40's and 50's. It focuses on the first two explosions on Bikini Atoll in 1946. The Bikinians were told that testing the bomb was essential to prevent future wars. They had no way of knowing that they would not be able to return to their island, and how greatly their lives would be affected by the tests. Bikini is still deemed unsafe for their return. The tests also exposed large numbers of service members to dangerous levels of radiation -- the first of our atomic veterans. Many of these sailors spent much of their lives in treatment for diseases related to their exposure"--Artist's statement.

Printed in silkscreen on Iwaki and St. Arnaud papers. Photo sources are from archival newsreels. Ariel typeface. Codex binding. Bound quarter cloth with silkscreen covers. Grainy photographs taken from old newsreels are interspersed with Hagstrom's expressive prints and snippets of text in this powerful work about the ignorance and arrogance of the US in conducting nuclear tests in the Marshall islands.

No. 7 of a limited ed. of 24 copies

Signed by the artist

UW-Milwaukee Libraries Special Collections

Northfield, Minn. : Strong Silent Type Press

2012

It is the responsibility of the researcher to seek permission from the copyright holder to reproduce for publication.

[43] p. : col. ill.

48 cm.

English

(BKRT)(FOL) N7433.4.H34x P37 2012

Marshall Islands

Minnesota