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Ripps's fine art practice is described as "art that uses online avenues to expose how social media can amplify narcissism and fear."<ref name=":2" /> He was listed in the [[Forbes]] '30 under 30' in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=30 Under 30 2016: Art & Style|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2016/art-style/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>
Ripps's fine art practice is described as "art that uses online avenues to expose how social media can amplify narcissism and fear."<ref name=":2" /> He was listed in the [[Forbes]] '30 under 30' in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=30 Under 30 2016: Art & Style|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2016/art-style/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>


In a 2014 piece titled ''ART WHORE'' the [[Ace Hotel]] in New York asked Ripps to be an [[artist-in-residence]] for 1 night.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2014-11-12|title=Ryder Ripps’ ‘ART WHORE’ stirs controversy in art world|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22564/1/ryder-ripps-art-whore-stirs-controversy-in-art-world|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Dazed|language=en}}</ref> With a $50 budget, Ripps hired 2 “[[Erotic massage|sensual masseuses]]” from [[Craigslist]] to make work in a hotel room, with Ripps comparing this to his own exploitation as an artist.<ref name=":1" /> The project sparked outcry, principally online, "for what they saw as blatant exploitation of women in the sex industry" even though one of the erotic masseuses was male.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-23|title=The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats|url=https://observer.com/2015/01/the-trial-of-ryder-ripps-an-embattled-artist-on-haters-angry-muses-and-threats/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Observer|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Vartanian|first=Hrag|date=2014-11-15|title=50 Shades of Art Whoredom|url=https://hyperallergic.com/162544/50-shades-of-art-whoredom/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}</ref> Critic [[Paddy Johnson]] declared it one of the most offensive exhibitions of the year and Rhizome described it as "unthinking, unethical, and dull", but also that "Ripps acted in a way that was ethically unsound: It reinforced and did not interrogate inequitable power relationships."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kimball|first=Whitney|date=2014-11-11|title=Ryder Ripps’s “ART WHORE” In the Running For Most Offensive Project of 2014|url=http://artfcity.com/2014/11/11/ryder-rippss-art-whore-in-the-running-for-most-offensive-project-of-2014/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Art F City|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2014-11-12|title=Ryder Ripps’ ‘ART WHORE’ stirs controversy in art world|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22564/1/ryder-ripps-art-whore-stirs-controversy-in-art-world|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Dazed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bodies on the Line|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/nov/12/bodies-line/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Rhizome|language=en}}</ref> In an interview, Ripps admits he regretted the title he chose.<ref name=":3" />
In a 2014 piece titled ''ART WHORE'' the [[Ace Hotel]] in New York asked Ripps to be an [[artist-in-residence]] for 1 night.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2014-11-12|title=Ryder Ripps’ ‘ART WHORE’ stirs controversy in art world|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22564/1/ryder-ripps-art-whore-stirs-controversy-in-art-world|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Dazed|language=en}}</ref> With a $50 budget, Ripps hired 2 “[[Erotic massage|sensual masseuses]]” from [[Craigslist]] to draw in a hotel room, with Ripps comparing this to his own exploitation as an artist.<ref name=":1" /> The project sparked outcry, principally online, "for what they saw as blatant exploitation of women in the sex industry" even though one of the erotic masseuses was male.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-23|title=The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats|url=https://observer.com/2015/01/the-trial-of-ryder-ripps-an-embattled-artist-on-haters-angry-muses-and-threats/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Observer|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Vartanian|first=Hrag|date=2014-11-15|title=50 Shades of Art Whoredom|url=https://hyperallergic.com/162544/50-shades-of-art-whoredom/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}</ref> Critic [[Paddy Johnson]] declared it one of the most offensive exhibitions of the year and Rhizome described it as "unthinking, unethical, and dull", but also that "Ripps acted in a way that was ethically unsound: It reinforced and did not interrogate inequitable power relationships."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kimball|first=Whitney|date=2014-11-11|title=Ryder Ripps’s “ART WHORE” In the Running For Most Offensive Project of 2014|url=http://artfcity.com/2014/11/11/ryder-rippss-art-whore-in-the-running-for-most-offensive-project-of-2014/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Art F City|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2014-11-12|title=Ryder Ripps’ ‘ART WHORE’ stirs controversy in art world|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22564/1/ryder-ripps-art-whore-stirs-controversy-in-art-world|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Dazed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bodies on the Line|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/nov/12/bodies-line/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Rhizome|language=en}}</ref> In an interview, Ripps admits he regretted the title he chose.<ref name=":3" />


Ripps' first solo exhibition took place in January 2015 at [[Postmasters Gallery]] in New York City, titled ''Ho''. It featured large-scale oil painted portraits of digitally manipulated images from the [[Instagram]] account of model [[Adrianne Ho]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2015/01/the-trial-of-ryder-ripps-an-embattled-artist-on-haters-angry-muses-and-threats/|title=The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats|last=Freeman|first=Nate|work=Observer}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Dafoe|first=Taylor|date=2015-03-05|title=RYDER RIPPS Ho|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2015/03/artseen/ryder-ripps-ho|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Brooklyn Rail|language=en-US}}</ref> The show "engages with the ways in which we portray women, tapping into the long history of the manipulation of images in the name of sex and advertisement."<ref name=":4" /> However, reception was varied, with one critic writing: "his series is a visceral, knee-jerk way of removing and distorting a vision of female empowerment", and also notes the title of the show is a [[double entendre]], as "ho" is slang for prostitute.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Song|first=Sandra|title=Petty Man Builds Art Career By Shitting on Fitness Star Adrianne Ho|url=https://themuse.jezebel.com/petty-man-builds-art-career-by-shitting-on-fitness-star-1680762441|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Culture|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ho - Wiktionary|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ho|access-date=2020-11-26|website=en.wiktionary.org}}</ref>
Ripps' first solo exhibition took place in January 2015 at [[Postmasters Gallery]] in New York City, titled ''Ho''. It featured large-scale oil painted portraits of digitally manipulated images from the [[Instagram]] account of model [[Adrianne Ho]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2015/01/the-trial-of-ryder-ripps-an-embattled-artist-on-haters-angry-muses-and-threats/|title=The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats|last=Freeman|first=Nate|work=Observer}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Dafoe|first=Taylor|date=2015-03-05|title=RYDER RIPPS Ho|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2015/03/artseen/ryder-ripps-ho|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Brooklyn Rail|language=en-US}}</ref> The show "engages with the ways in which we portray women, tapping into the long history of the manipulation of images in the name of sex and advertisement."<ref name=":4" /> However, reception was varied, with one critic writing: "his series is a visceral, knee-jerk way of removing and distorting a vision of female empowerment", and also notes the title of the show is a [[double entendre]], as "ho" is slang for prostitute.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Song|first=Sandra|title=Petty Man Builds Art Career By Shitting on Fitness Star Adrianne Ho|url=https://themuse.jezebel.com/petty-man-builds-art-career-by-shitting-on-fitness-star-1680762441|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Culture|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ho - Wiktionary|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ho|access-date=2020-11-26|website=en.wiktionary.org}}</ref>
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In January of 2021, Ripps claimed authorship of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s redesigned logo. The "Art prankster" in an interview with GQ explains: "Social online platforms are games that are played within the attention economy—authorship and sincerity are murky..." <ref>{{Cite web|last=Tashjian|first=Rachel|title=No, an Art Prankster Isn't Responsible for the CIA Redesign|url=https://www.gq.com/story/ryder-ripps-cia-redesign|access-date=2021-02-10|website=GQ|language=en-us}}</ref> On January 5th, 2021, a CIA spokesperson denied Ripps' involvement in the redesign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The CIA's Hip New Logo Was Not Actually Designed by Grimes and Kanye West Collaborator Ryder Ripps|url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/the_cias_hip_new_logo_was_designed_by_grimes_and_kanye_west_collaborator_ryder_ripps|access-date=2021-02-10|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}}</ref>
In January of 2021, Ripps claimed authorship of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s redesigned logo. The "Art prankster" in an interview with GQ explains: "Social online platforms are games that are played within the attention economy—authorship and sincerity are murky..." <ref>{{Cite web|last=Tashjian|first=Rachel|title=No, an Art Prankster Isn't Responsible for the CIA Redesign|url=https://www.gq.com/story/ryder-ripps-cia-redesign|access-date=2021-02-10|website=GQ|language=en-us}}</ref> On January 5th, 2021, a CIA spokesperson denied Ripps' involvement in the redesign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The CIA's Hip New Logo Was Not Actually Designed by Grimes and Kanye West Collaborator Ryder Ripps|url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/the_cias_hip_new_logo_was_designed_by_grimes_and_kanye_west_collaborator_ryder_ripps|access-date=2021-02-10|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}}</ref>

=== Solo Exhibitions ===
=== Solo Exhibitions ===
* 2015 - ''Ho'', Postmasters, New York
* 2015 - ''Ho'', Postmasters, New York

Revision as of 20:26, 18 May 2021

Ryder Ripps
Born (1986-07-07) July 7, 1986 (age 38)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materThe New School
Notable workArt Whore, Ho
Style
Parents
Websiteryder-ripps.com

Ryder Ripps (born July 7, 1986) is an American conceptual artist, programmer, and creative director.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ryder Ripps is the son of artist Rodney Ripps and designer Helene Verin. He studied at Eugene Lang College and The New School for Liberal Arts in New York City.[2]

Career

Commercial work

Ripps is the creative director of OKFocus, a digital marketing and design agency and has developed content for a number of contemporary musicians, fashion lines,[citation needed] and corporate brands like Nike and Red Bull.[2]

Ripps has created several websites, including Internet Archeology, Dump.fm, and VFiles.[3][4][2] In 2013, Ripps created the branding for Soylent, an open source meal replacement drink.[5] In 2015 he co-produced 2 songs on Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz.[6] In 2018, Ripps began working with Kanye West as a part of West's company DONDA.[7][8][9]

In 2020, Ripps provided creative direction and design for Pop Smoke's posthumous record, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. Controversy surrounding the album's cover artwork was generated after designer Virgil Abloh presented his design on Instagram. Abloh explained in the body of the post that he had based the design on a conversation he had with Pop Smoke prior to his death.[10] In his own Instagram post, Ripps took credit for initially presenting the rose concept and accused Abloh of both misappropriating and mishandling the design. Pop Smoke's mother, whom Ripps credits as the project's primary creative director, collaborated with Ripps on the cover's final design.[11]

Since 2019, Ripps has directed a number of music videos, and contributed photographs and designs to album artwork and advertising campaigns for Grimes (Miss Anthropocene),[11] James Blake[12][13][14][15] (including for his song Godspeed),[16] and Travis Scott.[17] Ripps acted as a creative director for pop star Zara Larsson until he was publicly fired on March 13, 2021, after he body shamed the 23 year old pop star in private messages with Azealia Banks, calling her "Zara Armsson" [18]

Art work

Ripps's fine art practice is described as "art that uses online avenues to expose how social media can amplify narcissism and fear."[19] He was listed in the Forbes '30 under 30' in 2016.[20]

In a 2014 piece titled ART WHORE the Ace Hotel in New York asked Ripps to be an artist-in-residence for 1 night.[21] With a $50 budget, Ripps hired 2 “sensual masseuses” from Craigslist to draw in a hotel room, with Ripps comparing this to his own exploitation as an artist.[9] The project sparked outcry, principally online, "for what they saw as blatant exploitation of women in the sex industry" even though one of the erotic masseuses was male.[22][23] Critic Paddy Johnson declared it one of the most offensive exhibitions of the year and Rhizome described it as "unthinking, unethical, and dull", but also that "Ripps acted in a way that was ethically unsound: It reinforced and did not interrogate inequitable power relationships."[24][25][26] In an interview, Ripps admits he regretted the title he chose.[23]

Ripps' first solo exhibition took place in January 2015 at Postmasters Gallery in New York City, titled Ho. It featured large-scale oil painted portraits of digitally manipulated images from the Instagram account of model Adrianne Ho.[19][27] The show "engages with the ways in which we portray women, tapping into the long history of the manipulation of images in the name of sex and advertisement."[27] However, reception was varied, with one critic writing: "his series is a visceral, knee-jerk way of removing and distorting a vision of female empowerment", and also notes the title of the show is a double entendre, as "ho" is slang for prostitute.[28][29]

In 2016, Ripps exhibited Barbara Lee, an ode to the representative in Congress featuring 50,000 images downloaded from the internet covering a maquette of the Twin Towers at Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles.[30][31]

In May 2017, Ripps premiered a small installation at the Venice Biennale titled Diventare Schiavo (Become A Slave) and featuring VR works, where the public was invited to virtually pack boxes.[32][33] One writer remarked: "Here, laborious task becomes spectacle, while critiquing the socio-economic hierarchies of such technology."[34]

In 2018, Ripps, in collaboration with photographer Maggie West, exhibited Pornhub Nation, a large interactive installation sponsored by Pornhub. The exhibition depicts a future history of the porn site's own government. It provided parodied solutions to the topics of climate change, military occupation, governmental surveillance, and space exploration.[35][36]

In January of 2021, Ripps claimed authorship of the Central Intelligence Agency's redesigned logo. The "Art prankster" in an interview with GQ explains: "Social online platforms are games that are played within the attention economy—authorship and sincerity are murky..." [37] On January 5th, 2021, a CIA spokesperson denied Ripps' involvement in the redesign.[38]

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2015 - Ho, Postmasters, New York
  • 2015 - Alone Together, Red Bull Studios, New York[39]
  • 2016 - Barbara Lee, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
  • 2017 - Diventare Schiavo (Become A Slave), Zuecca Projects, Venice Italy

Personal life

In February of 2021 Ripps and musician Azealia Banks announced their engagement.[40][41] They made a sex audio tape and sold it using NFT, which was then up for resale for $260 million.[42] By March, Banks announced they had split up.[43]

See also

Post-Internet

References

  1. ^ Chen, Adrian (July 8, 2014). "Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet". The New York Times. p. E6. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites". WIRED.
  4. ^ "Rhizome - Introducing: dump.fm". rhizome.org.
  5. ^ "Soylent". www.thedieline.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz Credits".
  7. ^ "Meet OkFocus, the PR Stuntmen Behind the Fake Kanye West Site WhoDat.Biz". Observer. March 28, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Collaborators". PAPER. September 24, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  9. ^ a b Specter, Emma (September 18, 2018). "Who Is Ryder Ripps, Conceptual Artist and Kanye's DM Buddy?". Garage. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  10. ^ "Virgil Abloh-Designed Cover Art for Pop Smoke's Debut Album to Be Changed Following Backlash (UPDATE)". Complex. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Yoo, Noah. "Pop Smoke's Album Cover: The Story Behind the Last-Minute Switch". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  12. ^ https://hypebeast.com/2020/10/james-blake-releases-new-before-ep
  13. ^ "James Blake - Before (Official Quarantine Video) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  14. ^ https://imvdb.com/video/james-blake/are-you-even-real
  15. ^ https://www.complex.com/music/james-blake-interview-before-ep
  16. ^ https://imvdb.com/video/james-blake/godspeed
  17. ^ https://hypebeast.com/2020/5/travis-scott-kid-cudi-the-scotts-lost-cover-vinyl
  18. ^ https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/zara-larsson-ryder-ripps-azealia-banks-body-shaming-24824
  19. ^ a b Freeman, Nate. "The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats". Observer.
  20. ^ "30 Under 30 2016: Art & Style". Forbes. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  21. ^ Dazed (November 12, 2014). "Ryder Ripps' 'ART WHORE' stirs controversy in art world". Dazed. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  22. ^ "The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats". Observer. January 23, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  23. ^ a b Vartanian, Hrag (November 15, 2014). "50 Shades of Art Whoredom". Hyperallergic. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  24. ^ Kimball, Whitney (November 11, 2014). "Ryder Ripps's "ART WHORE" In the Running For Most Offensive Project of 2014". Art F City. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  25. ^ Dazed (November 12, 2014). "Ryder Ripps' 'ART WHORE' stirs controversy in art world". Dazed. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  26. ^ "Bodies on the Line". Rhizome. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  27. ^ a b Dafoe, Taylor (March 5, 2015). "RYDER RIPPS Ho". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  28. ^ Song, Sandra. "Petty Man Builds Art Career By Shitting on Fitness Star Adrianne Ho". Culture. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  29. ^ "ho - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  30. ^ https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ryder-ripps-takes-on-our-clickbait-culture-with-50-000-tiny-images
  31. ^ http://steveturner.la/exhibition/ryder-ripps#1
  32. ^ Barnes, Freire (June 9, 2017). "Things Get Interactive at This year's Venice Biennale". The Culture Trip.
  33. ^ Dakinah, Keven (May 17, 2017). "Ryder Ripps Turns Instagram into Virtual Reality". iD Vice.
  34. ^ Barnes, Freire. "Things Get Interactive at This Year's Venice Biennale". Culture Trip. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  35. ^ "Artists Ryder Ripps and Maggie West Teamed Up With Pornhub to Create an Interactive Sci-Fi Installation Set in 2069". artnet News. June 14, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  36. ^ "Pornhub announces Pornhub Nation, a new, uh, 'interactive art' exhibit". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  37. ^ Tashjian, Rachel. "No, an Art Prankster Isn't Responsible for the CIA Redesign". GQ. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  38. ^ "The CIA's Hip New Logo Was Not Actually Designed by Grimes and Kanye West Collaborator Ryder Ripps". exclaim.ca. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  39. ^ "Alone Together". 21st Century Digital Art. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  40. ^ "Wet Paint: Artist Ryder Ripps and Azealia Banks Go Public as a Couple, Artist Accused of Stealing From His Mentor, & More Art-World Gossip". Artnet News. February 12, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  41. ^ Halabian, Layla (February 23, 2021). "AZEALIA BANKS IS ENGAGED TO ARTIST RYDER RIPPS". Nylon. Retrieved March 7, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  42. ^ "Azealia Banks and Ryder Ripps' NFT sex tape is being resold for over $260 million by the anonymous RultonFyder". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  43. ^ "Azealia Banks and artist Ryder Ripps have ended their relationship". ca.finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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