Along with Reinhardt, Ajay helped to shape the artistic direction of New Masses during a period where the magazine incurred financial hardships.
[1] Ajay's contributions of covers and cartoons helped to give New Masses a strong artistic presence despite the overall decline of the magazine during the period.
[1] A lack of funding helped precipitate Ajay's departure from New Masses and as the years went on, his support for Communism waned.
[4] Later his often intricate constructions, created from tooled wood, gypsum and cast plastics, reminded may art historians of the sculptures of Louise Nevelson.
[2] Ajay was a professor of visual arts at State University of New York at Purchase, N.Y from 1978 until his health began deteriorating towards the mid to late 1990s.