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'''Ryder Ripps''' (born July 7, 1986) is an American [[conceptual art]]ist, programmer, and [[creative director]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|date=July 8, 2014|title=Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet|page=E6|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/fashion/ryder-ripps-an-artist-of-the-internet.html?_r=0|access-date=30 April 2015|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727162545/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/fashion/ryder-ripps-an-artist-of-the-internet.html?_r=0|archive-date=July 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Ryder Ripps''' (born July 7, 1986) is an American [[conceptual art]]ist, programmer, and [[creative director]].<ref name="NYT2014">{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|date=July 8, 2014|title=Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet|page=E6|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/fashion/ryder-ripps-an-artist-of-the-internet.html?_r=0|access-date=30 April 2015|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727162545/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/fashion/ryder-ripps-an-artist-of-the-internet.html?_r=0|archive-date=July 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Born in New York City to a [[Jewish]] family,<ref name="DieWelt">{{cite news|first=Lukas|last=Hermsmeier|url=https://www.welt.de/print/wams/kultur/article146344041/Dieser-Mann-ist-das-Internet.html|title=Dieser Mann ist das Internet|trans-title=This man is the Internet|website=[[Die Welt]]|date=September 13, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2021|language=de}}</ref> Ryder Ripps is a son of artist [[Rodney Ripps]] and designer Helene Verin.<ref name="nytimes"/> His parents divorced when he was nine years old.<ref>{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Sandstrom|url=https://www.cia.edu/news/stories/artist-ryder-ripps-brings-web-world-into-the-gallery|title=Artist Ryder Ripps brings web world into the gallery|website=[[Cleveland Institute of Art]]|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=August 3, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref> After discovering the Internet at the age of 10, he learned [[HTML]] and later [[JavaScript]].<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="DieWelt"/> He attended [[City-As-School High School|City-As-School]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Kyle|last=Chayka|title=URL to IRL: Controversial Artist Ryder Ripps Captures the Struggle of Existing on the Internet|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2015/03/ryder-ripps-redeems-himself-with-alone-together-art-exhibition-nyc|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]}}</ref> and subsequently studied at [[The New School]] from 2004 to 2008, graduating with a degree in media studies.<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="DieWelt"/> He has a younger brother, Ezra, who is also a programmer.<ref name="Input">{{Cite web|first=Matt|last=Wille|title=Firebrand artist Ryder Ripps wants to sell you NFT 'land' on Million Token Website|url=https://www.inputmag.com/features/interview-ryder-ripps-ezra-nft-million-token-website|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Input}}</ref>
Born in New York City,<ref name="DieWelt">{{cite news|first=Lukas|last=Hermsmeier|url=https://www.welt.de/print/wams/kultur/article146344041/Dieser-Mann-ist-das-Internet.html|title=Dieser Mann ist das Internet|trans-title=This man is the Internet|website=[[Die Welt]]|date=September 13, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2021|language=de}}</ref> Ryder Ripps is a son of artist [[Rodney Ripps]] and designer Helene Verin.<ref name="NYT2014"/> His parents divorced when he was nine years old.<ref>{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Sandstrom|url=https://www.cia.edu/news/stories/artist-ryder-ripps-brings-web-world-into-the-gallery|title=Artist Ryder Ripps brings web world into the gallery|website=[[Cleveland Institute of Art]]|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=August 3, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref> After discovering the Internet at the age of 10, he learned [[HTML]] and later [[JavaScript]].<ref name="NYT2014"/><ref name="DieWelt"/> He attended [[City-As-School High School]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Kyle|last=Chayka|title=URL to IRL: Controversial Artist Ryder Ripps Captures the Struggle of Existing on the Internet|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2015/03/ryder-ripps-redeems-himself-with-alone-together-art-exhibition-nyc|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]}}</ref> and subsequently studied at [[The New School]] from 2004 to 2008, graduating with a degree in media studies.<ref name="NYT2014"/><ref name="DieWelt"/>


== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Commercial work ===
=== Commercial work ===
Ripps is the creative director of OKFocus, a [[digital marketing]] and design agency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet OkFocus, the PR Stuntmen Behind the Fake Kanye West Site WhoDat.Biz|url=https://observer.com/2012/03/meet-okfocus-the-pr-stuntmen-behind-the-fake-kanye-west-site-whodat-biz/|date=March 28, 2012|website=[[Observer.com|Observer]]|language=en|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> He has created several websites, including Internet Archeology, Dump.fm, and VFiles,<ref name="NYT2014"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/04/websites-stuck-in-time/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|last1=Watercutter |first1=Angela }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rhizome - Introducing: dump.fm|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2010/mar/5/introducing-dumpfm/|work=Rhizome|date=March 5, 2010 }}</ref> and has developed content for a number of contemporary musicians, fashion lines, and corporate brands such as [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and [[Red Bull]].<ref name="NYT2014"/><ref name="NYT2023">{{cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Joseph|date=March 30, 2023|title=What's More Provocative Than Sincerity?|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/style/ryder-ripps-bored-apes-kanye.html|access-date=April 2, 2023|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402132339/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/style/ryder-ripps-bored-apes-kanye.html|archive-date=April 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|date=November 2020}} and corporate brands like [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and [[Red Bull]].<ref name="nytimes"/>
[[File:Soylent 2.0 glossy vs matte.jpg|thumb|Soylent packaging designed by Ripps]]
In 2013, through OKFocus, Ripps created the branding for [[Soylent (food)|Soylent]], an open-source meal replacement drink, and was involved in the design until 2017.<ref name="NYT2023"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2015/11/17/soylent|title=Soylent|work=Dieline|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> From 2014 to 2018, he worked with [[Kanye West]] and he was part of West's company [[Donda (company)|Donda]], as a designer and creative director.<ref name="NYT2023"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Goggin|first=Ben|title=Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kanye-west-ye-settlement-anti-semitic-jewish-hitler-nazis-allegations-rcna54485|date=November 2, 2022|work=[[NBC News]]|language=en-US|access-date=November 16, 2022|quote=Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist who worked with Ye on and off from 2014 to 2018, [...]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Who Is Ryder Ripps, Conceptual Artist and Kanye's DM Buddy?|url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/8x7nwx/kanye-west-ryder-ripps|last=Specter|first=Emma|date=September 18, 2018|website=[[Vice (website)|Garage Vice]]|language=en-US|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> In 2015, he co-produced two songs on ''[[Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz]]''.<ref name="NYT2023"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mileycyrus.com/credits|title=Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz – Album Credits|access-date=August 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305163417/http://mileycyrus.com/credits|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Since 2019, Ripps has directed a number of music videos, and contributed photographs and designs to album artwork and advertising campaigns for [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]] (''[[Miss Anthropocene]]''),<ref name=":6"/> [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]],<ref>{{Cite web|first=Patrick|last=Johnson|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/10/james-blake-releases-new-before-ep|title=James Blake Releases New Four-Track 'Before' EP|date=October 14, 2020|website=Hypebeast|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Eric|last=Skelton|url=https://www.complex.com/music/james-blake-interview-before-ep|title=James Blake Can Do Anything|website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> and [[Travis Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Patrick|last=Johnson|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/5/travis-scott-kid-cudi-the-scotts-lost-cover-vinyl|title=Travis Scott Releases New "THE SCOTTS" Lost Cover Vinyl|website=Hypebeast|date=May 14, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> Ripps acted as a creative director for Swedish pop singer [[Zara Larsson]] until he was publicly fired on March 13, 2021, after he [[Body shaming|body-shamed]] Larsson in private messages with [[Azealia Banks]], calling her "Zara Armsson" and a "fat bitch".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malivindi|first=Diandra|title=Zara Larsson Publicly Fires Creative Director After He Brutally Body-Shamed Her To Azealia Banks|url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/zara-larsson-ryder-ripps-azealia-banks-body-shaming-24824|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=August 21, 2021|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|location=Australia}}</ref>
Ripps has created several websites, including Internet Archeology, Dump.fm, and VFiles.<ref name="nytimes"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/04/websites-stuck-in-time/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|last1=Watercutter |first1=Angela }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rhizome - Introducing: dump.fm|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2010/mar/5/introducing-dumpfm/|work=Rhizome}}</ref> In 2013, Ripps created the branding for [[Soylent (food)|Soylent]], an open source meal replacement drink.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2015/11/17/soylent|title=Soylent|work=Dieline|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, he co-produced two songs on ''[[Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mileycyrus.com/credits|title=Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz – Album Credits|access-date=August 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305163417/http://mileycyrus.com/credits|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, Ripps began working with [[Kanye West]] as a part of West's company [[DONDA]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet OkFocus, the PR Stuntmen Behind the Fake Kanye West Site WhoDat.Biz|url=https://observer.com/2012/03/meet-okfocus-the-pr-stuntmen-behind-the-fake-kanye-west-site-whodat-biz/|date=2012-03-28|website=[[Observer.com|Observer]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Collaborators|url=https://www.papermag.com/kanye-west-yandhi-2607650235.html?rebelltitem=8#rebelltitem8?rebelltitem=8|date=2018-09-24|website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Who Is Ryder Ripps, Conceptual Artist and Kanye's DM Buddy?|url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/8x7nwx/kanye-west-ryder-ripps|last=Specter|first=Emma|date=2018-09-18|website=[[Vice (website)|Garage Vice]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>


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In 2020, Ripps provided creative direction and design for American rapper [[Pop Smoke]]'s posthumous record ''[[Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon]].'' Controversy surrounding the album's cover artwork arose after designer [[Virgil Abloh]] received negative feedback on his design.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|title=Pop Smoke's Album Cover: The Story Behind the Last-Minute Switch|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/pop-smoke-album-cover-the-story-behind-the-last-minute-switch/|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=July 6, 2020|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Abel|last=Shifferaw|title=Virgil Abloh-Designed Cover Art for Pop Smoke's Debut Album to Be Changed Following Backlash (UPDATE)|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2020/06/virgil-abloh-designed-cover-art-pop-smoke-debut-album-to-be-changed-following-backlash|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]|language=en}}</ref>
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Since 2019, Ripps has directed a number of music videos, and contributed photographs and designs to album artwork and advertising campaigns for [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]] (''[[Miss Anthropocene]]''),<ref name=":6"/> [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]],<ref>{{Cite web|first=Patrick|last=Johnson|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/10/james-blake-releases-new-before-ep|title=James Blake Releases New Four-Track 'Before' EP|date=October 14, 2020|website=Hypebeast|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Eric|last=Skelton|url=https://www.complex.com/music/james-blake-interview-before-ep|title=James Blake Can Do Anything|website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> and [[Travis Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Patrick|last=Johnson|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/5/travis-scott-kid-cudi-the-scotts-lost-cover-vinyl|title=Travis Scott Releases New "THE SCOTTS" Lost Cover Vinyl|website=Hypebeast|date=May 14, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> Ripps acted as a creative director for Swedish pop singer [[Zara Larsson]] until he was publicly fired on March 13, 2021, after he [[Body shaming|body-shamed]] Larsson in private messages with [[Azealia Banks]], calling her "Zara Armsson".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malivindi|first=Diandra|title=Zara Larsson Publicly Fires Creative Director After He Brutally Body-Shamed Her To Azealia Banks|url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/zara-larsson-ryder-ripps-azealia-banks-body-shaming-24824|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=August 21, 2021|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|location=Australia}}</ref>

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In 2020, Ripps provided creative direction and design for American rapper [[Pop Smoke]]'s posthumous record ''[[Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon]].'' Controversy surrounding the album's cover artwork arose after designer [[Virgil Abloh]] received negative feedback on his design.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|title=Pop Smoke's Album Cover: The Story Behind the Last-Minute Switch|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/pop-smoke-album-cover-the-story-behind-the-last-minute-switch/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=July 6, 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Abel|last=Shifferaw|title=Virgil Abloh-Designed Cover Art for Pop Smoke's Debut Album to Be Changed Following Backlash (UPDATE)|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2020/06/virgil-abloh-designed-cover-art-pop-smoke-debut-album-to-be-changed-following-backlash|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]|language=en}}</ref>


=== Art work ===
=== 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."<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'' (stylized in [[all caps]]), the [[Ace Hotel]] in New York asked Ripps to be an [[artist-in-residence]] for one night.<ref name="ZingDazed">{{Cite web|last=Tsjeng|first=Zing|date=November 12, 2014|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=November 26, 2020|website=[[Dazed (magazine)|Dazed]]|language=en}}</ref> With a $50 budget, Ripps hired two [[Erotic massage|sensual masseurs]] 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 masseurs was male.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=Nate|date=January 23, 2015|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=November 26, 2020|website=[[The New York Observer|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 name="ZingDazed"/><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|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'' (stylized in [[all caps]]), the [[Ace Hotel]] in New York asked Ripps to be an [[artist-in-residence]] for one night.<ref name="ZingDazed">{{Cite web|last=Tsjeng|first=Zing|date=November 12, 2014|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=November 26, 2020|website=[[Dazed (magazine)|Dazed]]|language=en}}</ref> With a $50 budget, Ripps hired two [[Erotic massage|sensual masseurs]] 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 masseurs was male.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=Nate|date=January 23, 2015|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=November 26, 2020|website=[[The New York Observer|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 name="ZingDazed"/><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|title=Bodies on the Line|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/nov/12/bodies-line/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Rhizome|date=November 12, 2014 |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"/><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 Sandra Song writing for ''[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]'' that "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=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]|date=January 21, 2015 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ho Definition & Meaning|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ho|access-date=August 6, 2022|website=[[Merriam-Webster]]}}</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"/><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 Sandra Song writing for ''[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]'' that "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=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]|date=January 21, 2015 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ho Definition & Meaning|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ho|access-date=August 6, 2022|website=[[Merriam-Webster]]}}</ref>
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In May 2017, Ripps premiered a small installation at the [[Venice Biennale]] titled ''Diventare Schiavo (Become a Slave)'' and featuring [[Virtual reality|VR]] works, where the public was invited to virtually pack boxes.<ref name="The Culture Trip">{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/things-get-interactive-at-this-years-venice-biennale|title= Things Get Interactive at This year's Venice Biennale|last1=Barnes|first1=Freire|date=9 June 2017|work=The Culture Trip}}</ref><ref name="iD Vice">{{cite web|url=https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/ryder-ripps-turns-instagram-into-virtual-reality-at-venice-biennale|title=Ryder Ripps Turns Instagram into Virtual Reality|last=Dakinah|first=Keven|date=17 May 2017|work=[[Vice (website)|iD Vice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915204702/https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/ryder-ripps-turns-instagram-into-virtual-reality-at-venice-biennale/|archive-date=September 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Freire Barnes of ''The Culture Trip'' remarked: "Here, laborious task becomes spectacle, while critiquing the socio-economic hierarchies of such technology."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Freire|title=Things Get Interactive at This Year's Venice Biennale|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/things-get-interactive-at-this-years-venice-biennale/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Culture Trip|date=June 9, 2017 }}</ref>
In May 2017, Ripps premiered a small installation at the [[Venice Biennale]] titled ''Diventare Schiavo (Become a Slave)'' and featuring [[Virtual reality|VR]] works, where the public was invited to virtually pack boxes.<ref name="The Culture Trip">{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/things-get-interactive-at-this-years-venice-biennale|title= Things Get Interactive at This year's Venice Biennale|last1=Barnes|first1=Freire|date=9 June 2017|work=The Culture Trip}}</ref><ref name="iD Vice">{{cite web|url=https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/ryder-ripps-turns-instagram-into-virtual-reality-at-venice-biennale|title=Ryder Ripps Turns Instagram into Virtual Reality|last=Dakinah|first=Keven|date=17 May 2017|work=[[Vice (website)|iD Vice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915204702/https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/ryder-ripps-turns-instagram-into-virtual-reality-at-venice-biennale/|archive-date=September 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Freire Barnes of ''The Culture Trip'' remarked: "Here, laborious task becomes spectacle, while critiquing the socio-economic hierarchies of such technology."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Freire|title=Things Get Interactive at This Year's Venice Biennale|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/things-get-interactive-at-this-years-venice-biennale/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Culture Trip|date=June 9, 2017 }}</ref>


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 [[Global warming|climate change]], [[military occupation]], governmental [[surveillance]], and [[space exploration]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-14|title=Artists Ryder Ripps and Maggie West Teamed Up With Pornhub to Create an Interactive Sci-Fi Installation Set in 2069|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-pornhub-sponsored-installation-looks-world-will-look-like-2069-1302494|access-date=2020-11-24|website=artnet News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pornhub announces Pornhub Nation, a new, uh, 'interactive art' exhibit|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/pornhub-announces-pornhub-nation-uh-140000198.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=[[Yahoo!]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
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 [[Global warming|climate change]], [[military occupation]], governmental [[surveillance]], and [[space exploration]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-14|title=Artists Ryder Ripps and Maggie West Teamed Up With Pornhub to Create an Interactive Sci-Fi Installation Set in 2069|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-pornhub-sponsored-installation-looks-world-will-look-like-2069-1302494|access-date=2020-11-24|website=artnet News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pornhub announces Pornhub Nation, a new, uh, 'interactive art' exhibit|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/pornhub-announces-pornhub-nation-uh-140000198.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=[[Yahoo!]]|date=June 7, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>


In January 2021, Ripps claimed authorship of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s redesigned logo. On January 5, a CIA spokesperson denied his 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!]]|language=en-ca}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[GQ]]'', who described him as an "art prankster", Ripps explained that "[s]ocial 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|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=[[GQ]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
In January 2021, Ripps claimed authorship of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s redesigned logo. On January 5, a CIA spokesperson denied his 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!]]|language=en-ca}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[GQ]]'', who described him as an "art prankster", Ripps explained that "[s]ocial 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|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=[[GQ]]|language=en-US}}</ref>


Ripps has used [[NFT]]s in his practice of conceptual art.<ref name="Input"/><ref name="VergeBAYC">{{cite web|last=Robertson|first=Adi|title=Bored Apes creator sues conceptual artist for copying its NFTs|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23184747/bored-apes-yuga-labs-ryder-ripps-lawsuit-trademark-infringement|website=[[The Verge]]|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=August 6, 2022|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628183800/https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23184747/bored-apes-yuga-labs-ryder-ripps-lawsuit-trademark-infringement|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2021, he received a [[DMCA]] takedown notice from Larva Labs, the parent company of ''[[CryptoPunks]]'', after selling a near-identical version of an official image from the project.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Chinlund|first1=Gregory J.|last2=Kelley|first2=Gordon S.|title=What are the copyright implications of NFTs?|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/what-are-copyright-implications-nfts-2021-10-29/|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=August 8, 2022|website=[[Reuters]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2022, a lawsuit against him was filed in U.S. federal court by Yuga Labs, the parent company of [[Bored Ape Yacht Club]], over his RR/BAYC project.<ref name="WaPoBAYC">{{Cite news|last=Pietsch|first=Bryan|title=Maker of Bored Ape NFTs sues artist for profiting off 'copycat' images|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/29/bored-ape-nft-sues-ryder-ripps/|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=August 6, 2022|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The suit accuses him of false advertising and trademark infringement, with Yuga Labs seeking financial damages.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/> Yuga Labs believe that Ripps is organizing a "calculated, intentional, and willful" campaign to damage the reputation of Bored Ape Yacht Club.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/> In a statement, Ripps called RR/BAYC "a protest against and a parody of" Bored Ape Yacht Club and argued that purchasers of his NFTs were informed that RR/BAYC is not affiliated with the official Bored Ape Yacht Club project or Yuga Labs.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/><ref name="WaPoBAYC"/> On August 15, 2022, he filed an anti-[[SLAPP]] motion to dismiss the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Escalante-De Mattei|first=Shanti|title=Artist Ryder Ripps Claims Lawsuit Over Bored Ape NFTs Is Being Used to Silence Him|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ryder-ripps-yuga-labs-slapp-motion-to-dismiss-1234636641/|date=August 15, 2022|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=[[ARTnews]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brittain|first=Blake|title=Artist fires back at Bored Ape lawsuit with racism accusations|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/artist-fires-back-bored-ape-lawsuit-with-racism-accusations-2022-08-15/|date=August 15, 2022|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=[[Reuters]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
Ripps has used [[non-fungible tokens]] (NFTs) in his practice of conceptual art.<ref name="Input">{{Cite web |last=Wille |first=Matt |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Firebrand artist Ryder Ripps wants to sell you NFT 'land' on Million Token Website |url=https://www.inputmag.com/features/interview-ryder-ripps-ezra-nft-million-token-website |access-date=November 29, 2021 |website=Input}}</ref><ref name="VergeBAYC">{{cite web|last=Robertson|first=Adi|title=Bored Apes creator sues conceptual artist for copying its NFTs|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23184747/bored-apes-yuga-labs-ryder-ripps-lawsuit-trademark-infringement|website=[[The Verge]]|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=August 6, 2022|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628183800/https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23184747/bored-apes-yuga-labs-ryder-ripps-lawsuit-trademark-infringement|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2021, he received a [[DMCA]] takedown notice from Larva Labs, the parent company of ''[[CryptoPunks]]'', after selling a near-identical version of an official image from the project.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Chinlund|first1=Gregory J.|last2=Kelley|first2=Gordon S.|title=What are the copyright implications of NFTs?|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/what-are-copyright-implications-nfts-2021-10-29/|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=August 8, 2022|website=[[Reuters]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== ''Yuga Labs lawsuit'' ====
In June 2022, a lawsuit against Ripps and Jeremy Cahen was filed in U.S. federal court by Yuga Labs, the parent company of [[Bored Ape Yacht Club]], over his RR/BAYC project.<ref name="WaPoBAYC">{{Cite news|last=Pietsch|first=Bryan|title=Maker of Bored Ape NFTs sues artist for profiting off 'copycat' images|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/29/bored-ape-nft-sues-ryder-ripps/|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=August 6, 2022|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The suit accuses him of false advertising and trademark infringement, with Yuga Labs seeking financial damages.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/> Yuga Labs believe that Ripps is organizing a "calculated, intentional, and willful" campaign to damage the reputation of Bored Ape Yacht Club.<ref name="VergeBAYC"/>

On April 21, 2023, Judge Walter issued a [[summary judgment]] in favor of Yuga Labs in the trademark infringement case, with the amount of monetary damages to be determined in a pending trial. The judge ruled that Ripps and Cahen sold their RR/BAYC NFTs without Yuga Labs' consent and in a manner likely to cause confusion, and had committed "[[false designation of origin]]" and "[[cybersquatting]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yuga-labs-ryder-ripps-trademark-infringement-case-decision-ruling-1234665364/|author=Shanti Escalante-De Mattei|date=April 24, 2023 |access-date=April 26, 2023 |title=Judge Rules in Favor of Yuga Labs in Ryder Ripps Trademark Infringement Case|work=ART News}}</ref> In October 2023, Ripps and Cahen were ordered to pay more than $1.5{{Nbsp}}million in [[disgorgement]] and damages, as well as attorneys' fees.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brittain |first=Blake |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Artist owes $1.5 mln in damages for fake Bored Ape NFTs, judge says |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/artist-owes-15-mln-damages-fake-bored-ape-nfts-judge-says-2023-10-26/ |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> The final judgement in the case was around $9 million, including Ripps ordered to pay over $7 million in lawyers fees.{{cn|date=June 2024}}


=== Solo exhibitions ===
=== Solo exhibitions ===
* 2015 - ''Ho'', Postmasters, New York
* 2015 - ''Ho'', Postmasters, New York
* 2015 - ''Alone Together'', Red Bull Studios, New York<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alone Together|url=http://www.digiart21.org/art/alone-together-ryder-ripps|access-date=2020-11-26|website=21st Century Digital Art|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2015 - ''Alone Together'', Red Bull Studios, New York<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alone Together|url=http://www.digiart21.org/art/alone-together-ryder-ripps|access-date=2020-11-26|website=21st Century Digital Art|date=May 23, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2016 - ''Barbara Lee'', Steve Turner, Los Angeles
* 2016 - ''Barbara Lee'', Steve Turner, Los Angeles
* 2017 - ''Diventare Schiavo (Become a Slave)'', Zuecca Projects, Venice Italy
* 2017 - ''Diventare Schiavo (Become a Slave)'', Zuecca Projects, Venice Italy


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
In February 2021, Ripps and American rapper [[Azealia Banks]] announced their engagement.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 12, 2021|title=Wet Paint: Artist Ryder Ripps and Azealia Banks Go Public as a Couple, Artist Accused of Stealing From His Mentor, & More Art-World Gossip|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wet-paint-ryder-ripps-azealia-banks-1943109|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Artnet News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Halabian|first=Layla|date=February 23, 2021|title=Azealia Banks Is Engaged to Artist Ryder Ripps|magazine=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/azealia-banks-engaged-to-ryder-ripps|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref> They made an audio [[sex tape]] and sold it using [[Non-fungible token]] (NFT), which was then up for resale for $260 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azealia Banks and Ryder Ripps' NFT sex tape is being resold for over $260 million by the anonymous RultonFyder|url=https://news.yahoo.com/azealia-banks-ryder-ripps-nft-214256014.html|access-date=March 14, 2021|agency=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> By March, Banks announced they had split up.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azealia Banks and artist Ryder Ripps have ended their relationship|url=https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/azealia-banks-artist-ryder-ripps-185157622.html|access-date=March 19, 2021|agency=[[Yahoo! Finance]]}}</ref>
In February 2021, Ripps and American rapper [[Azealia Banks]] announced their engagement.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 12, 2021|title=Wet Paint: Artist Ryder Ripps and Azealia Banks Go Public as a Couple, Artist Accused of Stealing From His Mentor, & More Art-World Gossip|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wet-paint-ryder-ripps-azealia-banks-1943109|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Artnet News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Halabian|first=Layla|date=February 23, 2021|title=Azealia Banks Is Engaged to Artist Ryder Ripps|magazine=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/azealia-banks-engaged-to-ryder-ripps|access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref> They made an audio [[sex tape]] and sold it as a [[non-fungible token]] (NFT).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azealia Banks and Ryder Ripps' NFT sex tape is being resold for over $260 million by the anonymous RultonFyder|date=March 13, 2021 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/azealia-banks-ryder-ripps-nft-214256014.html|access-date=March 14, 2021|agency=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> By March, Banks announced they had split up.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azealia Banks and artist Ryder Ripps have ended their relationship|date=March 15, 2021 |url=https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/azealia-banks-artist-ryder-ripps-185157622.html|access-date=March 19, 2021|agency=[[Yahoo! Finance]]}}</ref>

Ripps lives in the Los Angeles area.<ref name="Input"/><ref name="NYT2023"/>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Ryder Ripps
Born (1986-07-07) July 7, 1986 (age 38)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materThe New School
Style
Parent(s)Rodney Ripps
Helene Verin
Websiteryder-ripps.com

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

Early life and education

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Born in New York City,[2] Ryder Ripps is a son of artist Rodney Ripps and designer Helene Verin.[1] His parents divorced when he was nine years old.[3] After discovering the Internet at the age of 10, he learned HTML and later JavaScript.[1][2] He attended City-As-School High School[4] and subsequently studied at The New School from 2004 to 2008, graduating with a degree in media studies.[1][2]

Career

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Commercial work

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Ripps is the creative director of OKFocus, a digital marketing and design agency.[5] He has created several websites, including Internet Archeology, Dump.fm, and VFiles,[1][6][7] and has developed content for a number of contemporary musicians, fashion lines, and corporate brands such as Nike and Red Bull.[1][8]

Soylent packaging designed by Ripps

In 2013, through OKFocus, Ripps created the branding for Soylent, an open-source meal replacement drink, and was involved in the design until 2017.[8][9] From 2014 to 2018, he worked with Kanye West and he was part of West's company Donda, as a designer and creative director.[8][10][11] In 2015, he co-produced two songs on Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz.[8][12]

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),[13] James Blake,[14][15] and Travis Scott.[16] Ripps acted as a creative director for Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson until he was publicly fired on March 13, 2021, after he body-shamed Larsson in private messages with Azealia Banks, calling her "Zara Armsson" and a "fat bitch".[17]

In 2020, Ripps provided creative direction and design for American rapper Pop Smoke's posthumous record Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. Controversy surrounding the album's cover artwork arose after designer Virgil Abloh received negative feedback on his design.[13][18]

Art work

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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."[19] He was listed in the Forbes "30 Under 30" in 2016.[20]

In a 2014 piece titled Art Whore (stylized in all caps), the Ace Hotel in New York asked Ripps to be an artist-in-residence for one night.[21] With a $50 budget, Ripps hired two sensual masseurs from Craigslist to draw in a hotel room, with Ripps comparing this to his own exploitation as an artist.[11] 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 masseurs was male.[19][22] 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."[21][23][24] In an interview, Ripps admits he regretted the title he chose.[22]

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][25] 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."[25] However, reception was varied, with Sandra Song writing for Jezebel that "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.[26][27]

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.[28][29]

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.[30][31] Freire Barnes of The Culture Trip remarked: "Here, laborious task becomes spectacle, while critiquing the socio-economic hierarchies of such technology."[32]

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.[33][34]

In January 2021, Ripps claimed authorship of the Central Intelligence Agency's redesigned logo. On January 5, a CIA spokesperson denied his involvement in the redesign.[35] In an interview with GQ, who described him as an "art prankster", Ripps explained that "[s]ocial online platforms are games that are played within the attention economy—authorship and sincerity are murky..."[36]

Ripps has used non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in his practice of conceptual art.[37][38] In July 2021, he received a DMCA takedown notice from Larva Labs, the parent company of CryptoPunks, after selling a near-identical version of an official image from the project.[38][39]

Yuga Labs lawsuit

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In June 2022, a lawsuit against Ripps and Jeremy Cahen was filed in U.S. federal court by Yuga Labs, the parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club, over his RR/BAYC project.[40] The suit accuses him of false advertising and trademark infringement, with Yuga Labs seeking financial damages.[38] Yuga Labs believe that Ripps is organizing a "calculated, intentional, and willful" campaign to damage the reputation of Bored Ape Yacht Club.[38]

On April 21, 2023, Judge Walter issued a summary judgment in favor of Yuga Labs in the trademark infringement case, with the amount of monetary damages to be determined in a pending trial. The judge ruled that Ripps and Cahen sold their RR/BAYC NFTs without Yuga Labs' consent and in a manner likely to cause confusion, and had committed "false designation of origin" and "cybersquatting".[41] In October 2023, Ripps and Cahen were ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in disgorgement and damages, as well as attorneys' fees.[42] The final judgement in the case was around $9 million, including Ripps ordered to pay over $7 million in lawyers fees.[citation needed]

Solo exhibitions

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  • 2015 - Ho, Postmasters, New York
  • 2015 - Alone Together, Red Bull Studios, New York[43]
  • 2016 - Barbara Lee, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
  • 2017 - Diventare Schiavo (Become a Slave), Zuecca Projects, Venice Italy

Personal life

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In February 2021, Ripps and American rapper Azealia Banks announced their engagement.[44][45] They made an audio sex tape and sold it as a non-fungible token (NFT).[46] By March, Banks announced they had split up.[47]

Ripps lives in the Los Angeles area.[37][8]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c Hermsmeier, Lukas (September 13, 2015). "Dieser Mann ist das Internet" [This man is the Internet]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Sandstrom, Karen (March 25, 2016). "Artist Ryder Ripps brings web world into the gallery". Cleveland Institute of Art. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  4. ^ Chayka, Kyle (March 3, 2015). "URL to IRL: Controversial Artist Ryder Ripps Captures the Struggle of Existing on the Internet". Complex. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Meet OkFocus, the PR Stuntmen Behind the Fake Kanye West Site WhoDat.Biz". Observer. March 28, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Watercutter, Angela. "Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites". Wired.
  7. ^ "Rhizome - Introducing: dump.fm". Rhizome. March 5, 2010.
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  9. ^ "Soylent". Dieline. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  10. ^ Goggin, Ben (November 2, 2022). "Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show". NBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2022. Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist who worked with Ye on and off from 2014 to 2018, [...]
  11. ^ a b Specter, Emma (September 18, 2018). "Who Is Ryder Ripps, Conceptual Artist and Kanye's DM Buddy?". Garage Vice. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  12. ^ "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz – Album Credits". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  13. ^ a b Yoo, Noah (July 6, 2020). "Pop Smoke's Album Cover: The Story Behind the Last-Minute Switch". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  14. ^ Johnson, Patrick (October 14, 2020). "James Blake Releases New Four-Track 'Before' EP". Hypebeast. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  15. ^ Skelton, Eric (November 30, 2020). "James Blake Can Do Anything". Complex. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
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  24. ^ "Bodies on the Line". Rhizome. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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  27. ^ "Ho Definition & Meaning". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  28. ^ Gleeson, Bridget (November 3, 2016). "Ryder Ripps Takes on Our Clickbait Culture with 50,000 Tiny Images". Artsy. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
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  30. ^ Barnes, Freire (June 9, 2017). "Things Get Interactive at This year's Venice Biennale". The Culture Trip.
  31. ^ Dakinah, Keven (May 17, 2017). "Ryder Ripps Turns Instagram into Virtual Reality". iD Vice. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017.
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