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This virtual exhibition is comprised of Tim Ripley’s “Soft Cell” works (2013) and moves into the brighter colored canvases and sculptures of his “Biomorph” period of 2014. “Soft Cell” refers to the tiny soft polymer clay forms and environments Ripley carefully sculped that served as the precursor for his deftly painted oil paintings on panel. This body of work reminds us that technology has changed the way we perceive the world around us. Simulations, reproductions, and symbols become more “real” than the subject they represent.

The “Soft Cell” and “Biomorph” series are cousins. Ripley …