Hellfire A Journey from Hiroshima

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 greyblack ink wash The first artist restates the specifics of the image the second reconceals Through the repetition of this process the work emerges