His daughter Gabrielle says in a 2014 interview that while he «came out to Berkeley just as
Pop and Conceptual
Art were ascending on the East Coast,» Selz turned away from these popular movements and instead «identified with the irreverence of styles like Funk art,» seeking to highlight the work of «ceramic artists like Peter Voulkos [who] were barely considered fine artists then» or Nathan Oliveira, «a figurative artist who did not follow the prevailing east coast trends.&raq
Art were ascending on the East Coast,» Selz turned away from these popular
movements and instead «identified with the irreverence of styles like Funk
art,» seeking to highlight the work of «ceramic artists like Peter Voulkos [who] were barely considered fine artists then» or Nathan Oliveira, «a figurative artist who did not follow the prevailing east coast trends.&raq
art,» seeking to highlight the work of «ceramic artists like Peter Voulkos [who] were barely considered fine artists then» or Nathan Oliveira, «a figurative artist who did not follow the
prevailing east coast trends.»