His pigments are chemically or conceptually derived from the compounds used to gas the Jews, from Prussian Blue (related to the cyanide - iron compound in stains created by Zyklon
B in the gas chambers) to flesh tones (a reference to the victims who were murdered in the spaces he depicts).
Not exact matches
And they were killed
in the
gas chambers of the concentration camps with Zyklon
B — a cyanide - based pesticide.
It was a bittersweet moment when SB 423 and SB 424, Grant's Bills, were filed yesterday
in the Michigan Senate to end
gas chamber killings
in Michigan shelters and by USDA Class
B dealers.
The color is also linked to the extermination of European Jewry
in World War II: the pesticide employed by the Nazis
in the
gas chambers, Zyklon
B, left traces on some of the walls when its lethal compound chemically mutated into Prussian blue residues.