Making Fun
Derek Rippe
Solo Exhibition

Opening reception - February 7th, 7pm - 10pm

February 7th - March 1st, 2014


BROOKLYN, NY (RELEASE January 27th, 2014) — Bunnycutlet Gallery is pleased to present Making Fun, a series of new works by Nebraska-born, New York-based artist Derek Rippe, in what will be his first solo exhibition at the gallery.

Trained as an animator, and with a decade of illustration and toy-designing experience behind him, Rippe's daytime profession as a children’s product developer influences the character-driven imagery in his fine art work. Best known for exhibiting screen prints, Rippe's buoyant and unabashedly gleeful colors, monsters and animals are often offset by a twisted, extremely wry sense of humor. But the balance isn't 50-50; rather it takes several minutes of careful investigation to understand that an original Rippe is decidedly not for kids.

The title, Making Fun, came to Rippe as he thought about his new series of works. The artist explains, "Every piece starts with a joke. Some funny observation from the street or something a friend may have said or a pun that's stuck in my mind... Almost immediately, I visualize it." The balance Rippe strikes between irreverent joke, cartoonish images, skillful design, and flirtatious vagary is masterfully compelling.

The 18 x 24 inch screen print entitled Songbirds Of Fort Greene depicts a variety of birds illustrated with charm and encyclopedic accuracy. Their "song," displayed in a word bubble, quotes the random, lewd and ridiculous things Rippe has heard from the window of his Fort Greene, Brooklyn apartment. MTA Bingo is another screen print inspired by life in New York City -- a design that is both Metro-card and bingo-game, depicting personal stories about the New York City subway system that the artist heard first-hand. In the artist’s own words, "The greatest payoff is making someone smile... especially when they probably shouldn't."
 
ARTWORK ON VIEW
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Derek Rippe
Banana Spliff

Giclée Print
Edition of 1
14 x 18 Inches
$150
 
Derek Rippe
Best Friends For Never

Cut Paper
5 x 4 Inches
$100
 
Derek Rippe
Candy Cankles

Giclée Print
Edition of 1
14 x 18 Inches
$150
 
 
Derek Rippe
Deaf By Chocolate

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$150
 
Derek Rippe
Good Grief

Cut Paper
7 x 5 Inches
$100
 
Derek Rippe
Hangman

Cut Paper
8 x 10 Inches
$150
 
 
Derek Rippe
Iraqi Road

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$140
 
Derek Rippe
Jewberry Muffin

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$150
 
Derek Rippe
Ladies Night

Cut Paper
7 x 5 Inches
$100
 
 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun

Silkscreen Print
36 x 24 Inches
Edition of 50
$200 Unframed/ $300 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 1

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed
 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 2

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 3

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 4

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 5

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 6

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 7

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 8

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 9

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 10

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 11

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
 
Derek Rippe
Making Fun, Untitled 12

Silkscreen Print
8 x 10 Inches
Edition of 50
$50 Unframed/ $100 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Medicine Goes Down

Cut Paper
10 x 8 Inches
$150
 
Derek Rippe
MTA Bingo

Silkscreen Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 50
$75 Unframed/$150 Framed

 
 
Derek Rippe
Nursery Crimes 2

Cut Paper
9 x 7 Inches
$150
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 1

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 2

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 3

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 4

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 5

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 6

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 7

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 8

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
 
Derek Rippe
Rabbutt 9

Digital Archive Print
10 x 8 Inches
$250
 
Derek Rippe
Race's Peanut Butter Cups

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$150
 
Derek Rippe
Requien for a Dreamsicle

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$150
 
 
Derek Rippe
Slutterbutters

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$150
 
Derek Rippe
Snitches Get Stitches

Cut Paper
7 x 5 Inches
$100
 
Derek Rippe
Birds of Ft Greene

Silkscreen Print
18 x 24 Inches
Edition of 50
$100 Unframed/$200 Framed

 
 
Derek Rippe
Spelling Bee

Silk Screen Print
18 x 24 Inches
Edition of 50
$100 Unframed/ $200 Framed

 
Derek Rippe
Steed

Cut Paper
6 x 5 Inches
$75
 
Derek Rippe
Strawberry Snortcake

Giclée Print
14 x 18 Inches
Edition of 1
$150
 
 
Derek Rippe
The Color Urkel

Cut Paper
6.75 x 7.5 Inches
$100
 
Derek Rippe
Trophy

Cut Paper
6.5 x 6.5 Inches
$100
   
 
LIMITED EDITION ARTIST BOOK
 
 
Derek Rippe
Animal Stories for Boys and Girls

Edition of 20
20 Pages, Black and White
6 x 6 Inches
$10

       
 
 
 
 
 
ABOUT THE ARTIST

Derek Rippe is a Brooklyn based fine artist and frequent Bunnycutlet exhibitor. He is a toy designer and art director at Nickelodeon, and is also the creator of Dog Park, a plush toy line. He is a regular contributor to Fab.com with his Beefcat series prints, and Not-For-Kids coloring books. His personal artwork often mixes adorable character design with an irreverent sense of humor, utilizing bold geometric pattens and a color palette evocative of print ads from the 50's and 60's.
 
 
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