{"id":2030637,"date":"2026-07-06T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2030637"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:00:31","slug":"inside-akira-ikezoes-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2030637","title":{"rendered":"Inside Akira Ikezoe\u2019s Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Inside Akira Ikezoe\u2019s Studio<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The Whitney Biennial artist on humor and climate change, plus an unsung AbEx painter gets his due.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-06\">July 6, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Akira Ikezoe\u2019s schematic paintings, on view in the Whitney Biennial and <em>Greater New York<\/em>, are unmistakably his. Teeming with frogs, robots, and bears caught up in flowcharts of labor and industry, their dark humor resonates deeply with our current moment. Curator Sofia Thi\u1ec7u D&#8217;Amico met the artist at his studio to discuss environmental catastrophe, parenthood, his childhood in Japan, and more.<\/p>\n<p>More, as always, including John Yau on Charles Seliger\u2019s intricate cellular visions and A View From the Easel with Arghavan Khosravi, whose ethereal shaped paintings alchemize familial memory and art history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Nuclear-Power-Plant-and-Star-Formation-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tAkira Ikezoe\u2019s Frogs and Bears Have Something Urgent to Tell Us<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAkira Ikezoe welcomes me into his studio. [He had previously] introduced me to his <em>Baby Recipes<\/em> series (2022), in which babies\u2019 body parts become ingredients in illustrated, comic-style cooking guides. In the studio, I ask where the idea came from.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cFrustrations around raising my three-year-old son,\u201d he responds.<\/p>\n<p>\n      We laugh. It is precisely this dark humor that initially fascinated me, and it continues to suffuse Ikezoe\u2019s work, which deals with energy systems, resource extraction, and the ambiguities of natural and industrial cycles alike. Laughter comes easily with Ikezoe, whose frankness about morbid subjects is immediately disarming. The cartoonish earnestness of both artist and artwork belies a sharp attentiveness to the environmental and human-engineered catastrophes unfolding around us. Humor becomes the concealed vessel for his satire. | Sofia Thi\u1ec7u D\u2019Amico\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Quick-to-see-Smith--1--1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight years after Aljira abruptly closed, the Newark Museum of Art will present a group exhibition<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>tracing the artist-led space\u2019s 35-year history of showcasing works by underrepresented artists and nurturing the careers of major, globally recognized figures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/06\/Wendi-Yan-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"art-review\">Art Review<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Charles-Seliger---HTG21099---original-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tCharles Seliger Painted Nature\u2019s Invisible Architecture<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAt age 19, Charles Seliger received his first solo show at Peggy Guggenheim\u2019s gallery The Art of This Century in 1945, and was one of the youngest artists associated with the emergence of Abstract Expressionism. However, unlike most painters in this nascent movement, he never worked on a large scale, nor did he become a gestural or geometric painter. Devoted to nature and Surrealist automatism, he remained a maverick. That independence explains why he is seldom included in surveys of Abstract Expressionism, especially if they focus on stylistic similarities.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2010, the year after Seliger died, his then-dealer Michael Rosenfeld presented <em>Charles Seliger: A Memorial Exhibition<\/em>. Since then, his work has largely flown under the radar. <em>Charles Seliger: The Structure of Matter, A Centennial Exhibition<\/em> at Hollis Taggart brings overdue attention to this wonderful artist, who saw beauty in the invisible structures and patterns governing the visual world. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/IMG_3345---Arghavan-Khosravi-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1199\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA View From the Easel<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week, Arghavan Khosravi pulls from Persian miniature traditions to create surreal assemblages of paint, canvas, and wood.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/puha_pr_share-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1199\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\u201cThe World I Wish People Knew\u201d: Photographer Cara Romero on Redefining Contemporary Native Art<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tRomero\u2019s non-realist photography uses contemporary models and pop culture references to challenge Native stereotypes with complexity, vitality, and often, playfulness. | Anne Wallentine\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Opportunities This Month<\/strong><br \/>Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Foundation, Ucross, AICA International, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Inside Akira Ikezoe\u2019s Studio<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The Whitney Biennial artist on humor and climate change, plus an unsung AbEx painter gets his due.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-06\">July 6, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Akira Ikezoe\u2019s schematic paintings, on view in the Whitney Biennial and <em>Greater New York<\/em>, are unmistakably his. Teeming with frogs, robots, and bears caught up in flowcharts of labor and industry, their dark humor resonates deeply with our current moment. Curator Sofia Thi\u1ec7u D&#8217;Amico met the artist at his studio to discuss environmental catastrophe, parenthood, his childhood in Japan, and more.<\/p>\n<p>More, as always, including John Yau on Charles Seliger\u2019s intricate cellular visions and A View From the Easel with Arghavan Khosravi, whose ethereal shaped paintings alchemize familial memory and art history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Nuclear-Power-Plant-and-Star-Formation-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tAkira Ikezoe\u2019s Frogs and Bears Have Something Urgent to Tell Us<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAkira Ikezoe welcomes me into his studio. [He had previously] introduced me to his <em>Baby Recipes<\/em> series (2022), in which babies\u2019 body parts become ingredients in illustrated, comic-style cooking guides. In the studio, I ask where the idea came from.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cFrustrations around raising my three-year-old son,\u201d he responds.<\/p>\n<p>\n      We laugh. It is precisely this dark humor that initially fascinated me, and it continues to suffuse Ikezoe\u2019s work, which deals with energy systems, resource extraction, and the ambiguities of natural and industrial cycles alike. Laughter comes easily with Ikezoe, whose frankness about morbid subjects is immediately disarming. The cartoonish earnestness of both artist and artwork belies a sharp attentiveness to the environmental and human-engineered catastrophes unfolding around us. Humor becomes the concealed vessel for his satire. | Sofia Thi\u1ec7u D\u2019Amico\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Quick-to-see-Smith--1--1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight years after Aljira abruptly closed, the Newark Museum of Art will present a group exhibition<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>tracing the artist-led space\u2019s 35-year history of showcasing works by underrepresented artists and nurturing the careers of major, globally recognized figures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/06\/Wendi-Yan-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"art-review\">Art Review<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Charles-Seliger---HTG21099---original-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tCharles Seliger Painted Nature\u2019s Invisible Architecture<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAt age 19, Charles Seliger received his first solo show at Peggy Guggenheim\u2019s gallery The Art of This Century in 1945, and was one of the youngest artists associated with the emergence of Abstract Expressionism. However, unlike most painters in this nascent movement, he never worked on a large scale, nor did he become a gestural or geometric painter. Devoted to nature and Surrealist automatism, he remained a maverick. That independence explains why he is seldom included in surveys of Abstract Expressionism, especially if they focus on stylistic similarities.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2010, the year after Seliger died, his then-dealer Michael Rosenfeld presented <em>Charles Seliger: A Memorial Exhibition<\/em>. Since then, his work has largely flown under the radar. <em>Charles Seliger: The Structure of Matter, A Centennial Exhibition<\/em> at Hollis Taggart brings overdue attention to this wonderful artist, who saw beauty in the invisible structures and patterns governing the visual world. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/IMG_3345---Arghavan-Khosravi-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1199\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA View From the Easel<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week, Arghavan Khosravi pulls from Persian miniature traditions to create surreal assemblages of paint, canvas, and wood.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/puha_pr_share-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1199\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\u201cThe World I Wish People Knew\u201d: Photographer Cara Romero on Redefining Contemporary Native Art<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tRomero\u2019s non-realist photography uses contemporary models and pop culture references to challenge Native stereotypes with complexity, vitality, and often, playfulness. | Anne Wallentine\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Opportunities This Month<\/strong><br \/>Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Foundation, Ucross, AICA International, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Akira Ikezoe\u2019s schematic paintings, on view in the Whitney Biennial and <em>Greater New York<\/em>, are unmistakably his. Teeming with frogs, robots, and bears caught up in flowcharts of labor and industry, their dark humor resonates deeply with our current moment. Curator Sofia Thi\u1ec7u D&#8217;Amico met the artist at his studio to discuss environmental catastrophe, parenthood, his childhood in Japan, and more.<\/p>\n<p>More, as always, including John Yau on Charles Seliger\u2019s intricate cellular visions and A View From the Easel with Arghavan Khosravi, whose ethereal shaped paintings alchemize familial memory and art history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Nuclear-Power-Plant-and-Star-Formation-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tAkira Ikezoe\u2019s Frogs and Bears Have Something Urgent to Tell Us<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAkira Ikezoe welcomes me into his studio. [He had previously] introduced me to his <em>Baby Recipes<\/em> series (2022), in which babies\u2019 body parts become ingredients in illustrated, comic-style cooking guides. In the studio, I ask where the idea came from.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cFrustrations around raising my three-year-old son,\u201d he responds.<\/p>\n<p>\n      We laugh. It is precisely this dark humor that initially fascinated me, and it continues to suffuse Ikezoe\u2019s work, which deals with energy systems, resource extraction, and the ambiguities of natural and industrial cycles alike. Laughter comes easily with Ikezoe, whose frankness about morbid subjects is immediately disarming. The cartoonish earnestness of both artist and artwork belies a sharp attentiveness to the environmental and human-engineered catastrophes unfolding around us. Humor becomes the concealed vessel for his satire. | Sofia Thi\u1ec7u D\u2019Amico\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Quick-to-see-Smith--1--1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight years after Aljira abruptly closed, the Newark Museum of Art will present a group exhibition<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>tracing the artist-led space\u2019s 35-year history of showcasing works by underrepresented artists and nurturing the careers of major, globally recognized figures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/06\/Wendi-Yan-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"art-review\">Art Review<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/Charles-Seliger---HTG21099---original-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tCharles Seliger Painted Nature\u2019s Invisible Architecture<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAt age 19, Charles Seliger received his first solo show at Peggy Guggenheim\u2019s gallery The Art of This Century in 1945, and was one of the youngest artists associated with the emergence of Abstract Expressionism. However, unlike most painters in this nascent movement, he never worked on a large scale, nor did he become a gestural or geometric painter. Devoted to nature and Surrealist automatism, he remained a maverick. That independence explains why he is seldom included in surveys of Abstract Expressionism, especially if they focus on stylistic similarities.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2010, the year after Seliger died, his then-dealer Michael Rosenfeld presented <em>Charles Seliger: A Memorial Exhibition<\/em>. Since then, his work has largely flown under the radar. <em>Charles Seliger: The Structure of Matter, A Centennial Exhibition<\/em> at Hollis Taggart brings overdue attention to this wonderful artist, who saw beauty in the invisible structures and patterns governing the visual world. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/IMG_3345---Arghavan-Khosravi-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1199\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA View From the Easel<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week, Arghavan Khosravi pulls from Persian miniature traditions to create surreal assemblages of paint, canvas, and wood.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/puha_pr_share-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1199\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\u201cThe World I Wish People Knew\u201d: Photographer Cara Romero on Redefining Contemporary Native Art<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tRomero\u2019s non-realist photography uses contemporary models and pop culture references to challenge Native stereotypes with complexity, vitality, and often, playfulness. | Anne Wallentine\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Opportunities This Month<\/strong><br \/>Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Foundation, Ucross, AICA International, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/06\/The2025SFArtBookFair_photobyLizzyMyers.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Art Book Fair Celebrates 10 Years\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">San Francisco Art Book Fair Celebrates 10 Years<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, SFABF returns this July, welcoming 160 independent publishers from around the world. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">San Francisco Art Book Fair<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/06\/20251023_pdsoros_art_gallery-2.jpg\" alt=\"A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants &amp; children of immigrants in MFA, MA, PhD &amp; other graduate programs.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/06\/2023_04-24_Rebirth-II-21.jpg\" alt=\"Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves \u201cBeyond Digital\u201d in New Exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves \u201cBeyond Digital\u201d in New Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Exhibition of Pratt Digital Arts alumni explores technology, ecology, and emerging forms of intelligence.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Pratt Manhattan Gallery<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/06\/Irene-Perez-by-PD-Rearick.jpg\" alt=\"Cranbrook Academy of Art Reopens Applications for Fall 2026\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Cranbrook Academy of Art Reopens Applications for Fall 2026<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The art institution is accepting applications from June 22 through August 15 for artists and designers considering graduate study.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Cranbrook Academy of Art<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/inside-akira-ikezoes-studio\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; 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