Robert A. Ripps
About
Born and raised in NYC, Robert A. Ripps finds the unexpected in the commonplace, creating humanistic images that capture a personal moment in time. A theme that runs throughout his work is an examination of how human civilization and nature interact.
His latest personal project, Negativityness, is a response to the political climate in our country right now - everything seems to be about negativity, about division, about what is truth (and what is inarguably false, yet touted as truth). It is about how the surface of things can be 180 degrees opposite from what is underneath, it is about falsehoods and unseen influence. It is about discordance, about disorientation, about a world turned upside down and inside out.
Negativityness Abounds
This ongoing project, Negativityness, started as my response to the political climate in the country the past few years, but has since grown to encompass the effects (and possible fantastical outcomes) of the Covid-19 pandemic. I started incorporating landmarks- what would happen if nature took hold, if vegetation overgrew the familiar and transformed it into something altogether different and foreign looking, but also strangely beautiful?
The Exhibition will be open from June 5th, 2021 to July 6th, 2021.
Located at the Christine Frechard Gallery
5126 Butler St
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
The Christine Frechard Gallery is open from Wednesday through Saturday 12 P.M. to 6 P.M. and Sundays from 12 P.M. to 3 P.M.
