艺术家 Ryder Ripps 以 Adrianne Ho 为缪斯创作系列油画

混血模特 Adrianne Ho 凭借著独一无二的运动特质而爆红网络，她也时常会在自己的 Instagram 上分享自己的健身照片，成为很多街头爱好者心目中的「女神」。最近一名来自纽约的街头艺术家 Ryder Ripps 便以 Adrianne Ho 为灵感缪斯，利用画笔重新创作了她的 Instagram 照片，并且加入了很多类似「水面倒影」的扭曲绘画效果，让这些照片更加具有前卫的艺术效果。除此之外，艺术家还在翠贝卡的 Postmasters Gallery 举办了一场名为「Ho」的最新个展，将这些作品展示给更多喜欢街头艺术的人。下面便带来《VICE》对于 Ryder Ripps 的节选采访内容，完整版本不妨点击这里阅读，身在纽约的朋友也可以亲自前往 Postmasters 一探究竟。

So Adrienne Ho, she triggered this idea for you?

Yes, she’s like the quintessence of corny-core. There are lots of other examples of people who represent this idea, but nothing as consistent as Adrienne Ho. She’s a very succinct and focused example of this one particular mode of creation of self-representation online.

Also, I like her connections to streetwear, and I like the idea that she’s mediating herself and her identity, who she really is—Adrienne Ho, that’s her name, it’s not fake—and is willing to bend herself around brands. What’s interesting to me about that is the aspect of how we can alter or create realism for other people—curate personas.

If you asked me to sponsor your brand and be real, it would be really interesting to see how I’d do that. My own idea of who I am and how to achieve realness as a paid gig is the most honest thing, because the actual branded thing would ultimately be a lie, an imagination. It’s a constructed farce of reality. And it’s also a projected farce because it’s how you perceive a client would want you to be. It’s your imagined self for another person. It’s when you put your own head in someone else’s head and then think about yourself.