Rodney Ripps

Rodney Ripps (born December 6th, 1950) is an American conceptual artist, painter, and sculptor. Ripps is most known for the textural density, heavy layering of materials, and heightened canvases in his work, often produced with high volumes of oil paint and incorporation of artificial leaves and metals, among other materials.[1]

Rodney Ripps
Born (1950-12-06) December 6, 1950
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
MovementNeo-expressionism
Spouse(s)
Helene Verin
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(m. 1979)​
ChildrenRyder Ripps

Biography

Ripps was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Sol Michael and Anne Ripps (née Jacobie). Ripps' father owned and operated a dry cleaning service in Manhattan, New York.[2] Ripps graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, Queens, New York. He is an alumnus of both Hunter College and York College. [2]

Ripps rose to prominence in the 1970s. In 1977, Ripps participated in his first group exhibition, "Painting 75/76/77" at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center. Ripps was an affiliate of Andy Warhol's, posing for a series of Polaroid photographs shot by the latter.[3] Ripps was also mentioned in Warhol's journals and appeared as a guest on the talk show Andy Warhol's TV[4] Early in his career, Ripps worked in construction as a source of supplemental income.[5] Ripps' illustration, "Rosette", was present in the Whitney Museum's 1979 Biennial event. [6]

In 1979, Ripps married designer and academic, Helene Verin in the latter's hometown of Chicago, Illinois.[2] He is the father of conceptual artist, Ryder Ripps[7]

Style and Critical Reception

In Culture

Ripps' work has been tethered to a variety of American artistic movements, most notably neo-expressionism[8] and ornamentalism. This is, in part, the result of Ripps' continuous incantation of nature in his work. In a 1979 review in ArtForum, art critic Donald B. Kuspit attempted to term Ripps' work as a "Cosmetic Transcendentalism".[9] This terminology defined Ripps' work as a self-conscious form of transcendentalism that, through vibrancy of colors, scale, and textural variety, embrace "[...] its own cosmetic character, and which is an expression of a theatrical ambition" of the contemporary artistic landscape. [8] Ripps' paintings are often supplemented with artificial leaves made of linen, often bound together and worked over heavily with thick layers of oil paint. [7]

Ripps' work has retrospectively been defined by art historians as an unspoken influence of Julian Schnabel, a sentiment echoed by Ripps himself.[10]

Notable Works

Two of Ripps' works, "Untitled" (1976) and "The Meadow" (1980) belong to the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum under their Contemporary Arts wing.[11] Six of Ripps' work belong to the Vogel 50x50 collection.[12] "Odyssey in Space" (1980), is part of the permanent collection at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France [13]

Selected Solo Exhibitions[14]

1991: "now is the silence"- Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City, New York, United States

1985: Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York City

1984: Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1984

1983: Munson-Williams Procter Institute, Utica, New York

Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, 1983

1982: Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1982

Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy

Dart Gallery, Chicago

Gallery 121, Antwerp, Belgium

Gallery G7, Blogna, Italy

Munson-Williams Procter Institute, Utica, New York

1981: Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City, New York, United States

1980: Akira Ikeda - Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan

1979: Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, West Germany

Gallery Bruno Bishofberger, Zurich, Germany

1977: Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Group Exhibitions[14]

2019: " Pattern, Crime & Decoration" - Le Consortium, Dijon, France

2008: " American Abstract Artists: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina" - The Painting Center, New York City, New York, United States

2005: "Blooming" - Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

1983: " New Work New York - Newcastle Salutes New York" Gallery North , Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

1982: "Dynamix" - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

1981: "Figures, forms and expressions" Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, United States

1979: Whitney Biennial 1979 - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, United States

1978: "Thick Paint" - The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois, United States

"Arabesque" - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

1977: "New Abstract Objects" - Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, United States

"Painting 75/76/77" - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

References
  1. "Review of Robert Kushner: "Dreams and Visions"". The Print Collector's Newsletter. 12 (6): 190. 1982. ISSN 0032-8537. JSTOR 44131785.
  2. "Helene Verin Wed in Illinois To Rodney Ripps, an Artist". The New York Times. 1979-12-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  3. "Rodney Ripps, ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) | Christie's". onlineonly.christies.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  4. "The Paley Center for Media". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  5. LLC, New York Media (1978-11-27). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC.
  6. "Whitney Biennial 1979". whitney.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  7. Chen, Adrian (2014-07-08). "Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  8. "Cosmetic Transcendentalism: Surface-Light in John Torreano, Rodney Ripps and Lynda Benglis". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  9. "Hal Foster on John Torreano, Erica Lennard, and "Mind Set: An Ongoing Involvement with the Rational Tradition"". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  10. Haden-Guest, Anthony (1998). True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-725-8.
  11. "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  12. "Vogel 50x50". vogel5050.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  13. "Odyssey in Space | Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  14. ArtFacts. "Rodney Ripps | Artist". ArtFacts. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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