The cartoonish earnestness of both artist and artwork belies a sharp attentiveness to the catastrophes unfolding around us. Akira Ikezoe welcomes me into his studio wearing a long-sleeve t-shirt made by the Cevallos Brothers, with whom he was recently featured in the Greater New York survey at MoMA PS1. That is just one of several.
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The cartoonish earnestness of both artist and artwork belies a sharp attentiveness to the catastrophes unfolding around us. Akira Ikezoe welcomes me into his studio wearing a long-sleeve t-shirt made by the Cevallos Brothers, with whom he was recently featured in the Greater New York survey at MoMA PS1. That is just one of several.
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