Layers of poured paint create a tumultuous effect in Janet Sobel’s Hiroshima. Notice the angular, grid-like lines of color that drip toward all four edges, suggesting the artist turned the canvas as she worked. An exploding form of yellow, black, and white erupts overtop. The title refers to Hiroshima, a city in Japan devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare, dropped by United States forces in 1945. A face emerges through the chaos in the upper half of the painting, calling attention to war's human cost.