Bernard Aptekar is best known for his imagery evolving around the ambivalent relationship between humanity and machinery.
The clear contours and colors are reminiscent of Fernand Leger later works, which he called "the law of contrast.”
The political and social commentary, which are a constant component of Aptekar's work, has its roots in the work of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who Apterkar met in 1947, when he was eleven years old.