Dash Snow

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American artist (1981–2009)

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Dashiell Alexander Whitney Snow (July 27, 1981 – July 13, 2009) was an American artist based in New York City. Snow's photographs included scenes of sex, drugs, violence, and the art world; his work often depicted the decadent lifestyle of young New York City artists and their social circle.

Early life and education

Dashiell Alexander Whitney Snow was born on July 27, 1981, to Taya Thurman and Christopher Snow. He grew up on the Upper West Side in New York City. Snow and his siblings, Maxwell and Caroline, are descendants of the de Menil family, who are known for their philanthropy and collection of American art.

At thirteen, he was sent to Hidden Lake Academy, a therapeutic boarding school specializing in the treatment of children with oppositional defiant disorder.

Career

As a teenager, Snow began taking photographs to document the places he might not remember the next day. In the 1990s, he was a member of the IRAK graffiti crew; the name of the group was a reference to shoplifting, or racking. In order to sign his work, Snow used the tag "SACE" or "SACER".

His first solo photography exhibition took place in 2005.

In 2006, The Wall Street Journal profiled Snow and nine other emerging American artists, including Rosson Crow, Ryan Trecartin, Zane Lewis, Barney Kulok, Jordan Wolfson, and Keegan McHargue. The same year he was included in the Whitney Biennial.

In 2007, Snow and Dan Colen co-created an installation of shredded phone books in Jeffrey Deitch's SoHo gallery; the exhibit was named “Nest” or “Hamster Nest”.

In his later collage-based work, Snow used his semen as a material applied to or splashed across newspaper photographs of police officers and other authority figures.

Family and personal life

Snow's parents were Christopher Snow and Taya Thurman. His maternal grandparents were Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman, the father of actress Uma Thurman, and his first wife artist Marie-Christophe de Menil. He was the great-grandson of John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, the founders of the Menil Collection and Museum located in Houston, Texas. Dominique was heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune.

At the age of 18, Snow married Corsican artist Agathe Aparru Snow; the couple later divorced.

In July 2007, his partner, Jade Berreau, gave birth to the couple's daughter, Secret Midnight Magic Nico.

Death and legacy

On July 13, 2009, Snow died of a drug overdose while staying at the Lafayette House hotel in New York City. He was 27 years old.

In 2016, his family sued McDonald's after they refused to remove the tag "SACE" from the graffiti-themed interior design used in some European and Asian restaurants; the case was later dismissed.

A documentary film about Snow, Moments Like This Never Last, was released in 2020.

Publications

  • Slime The Boogie. Berlin/Los Angeles: Peres Projects, 2007.
  • Gang bang at ground zero. New York City: self-published, 2007. Zine. Produced in collaboration with Christopher Snow.
  • You Can't Drink It If It's Frozen: the Dash Snow Purple Book. 2007. Olivier Zahm, Purple Fashion Magazine, and Janvier, 2007.
  • The End of Living, the Beginning of Survival. Berlin: Contemporary Fine Arts, 2007. .
  • I'd rather drink muddy water, and sleep in a hollow log. Self-published / Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin, 2007. . Includes "Skeletal love" by Raina Hammer.
  • God Spoiled a Perfect Asshole When He Put Teeth in Yer Mouth. Berlin/Los Angeles: Peres Projects Holdings, 2007. . Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Peres Projects, Los Angeles.
  • Nest. New York City: Deitch Projects, 2008. With Dan Colen. . Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Deitch Projects, New York City, 2007.
  • In the Softest Grey Petals of the Bomb, Lay Your Finger Across my Lips. Los Angeles: Peres Projects, 2009. .
  • Polaroids. Berlin/Los Angeles: Peres Projects, 2009. .
  • I love you, stupid!. New York City: D.A.P., 2012. . Cologne: Walther König, 2013. .
  • Love Roses. New York City: Karma, 2015. .
  • Selected Works From 2001 To 2009. Zurich: Nieves; Geneva: Innen, 2014.
    • Second edition. Zurich: Nieves; Geneva: Innen, 2020. .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Silence is the only true friend that shall never betray you, Rivington Arms, New York City, 2006. Collages.
  • Rivington Arms, New York City, 2006. Found materials, collages, sculptures and assemblages.

Group exhibitions

  • USA Today, Royal Academy, London, 2006
  • Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, 2006
  • Babylon: Myth and Truth, Pergamon Museum, Berlin, 2008. Included collages by Snow.
  • Exercises on Democracy, a traveling exhibition, White House Biennial, Athens, Greece, 2013–
  • Materialized: New Ameriacn Video and..., Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, 2008. Included Hamsters Nest by Snow. Curated by Kathy Grayson.
  • Photographs. The Royal Collection of Graphic Arts, National Gallery of Denmark, Denmark, 2010

Collections

Snow's work is held in the following public collections:

References

References

  1. Roberta Smith, [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/dash-snow-new-york-artist-dies-at-27/ "Dash Snow, New York Artist, Dies at 27"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 14, 2009.
  2. Gavin, Francesca. (July 15, 2009). "Dash Snow: An art icon for our times?". The Guardian.
  3. (July 24, 2009). "Terrible End for an Enfant Terrible". The New York Times.
  4. Sean O'Hagan, [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/20/dash-snow-new-york-artist ''The last days of Dash Snow''], ''The Observer'', September 20, 2009.
  5. Micchelli, Thomas. (October 15, 2006). "Dash Snow". The Brooklyn Rail.
  6. (2021-08-30). "The Untold Story of Downtown New York's Most Legendary Graffiti Crew".
  7. Crow, Kelly. (April 17, 2006). "The 23-Year Old Masters". Wall Street Journal.
  8. (August 17, 2010). "Dan Colen - Interview Magazine". Interview Magazine.
  9. Thompson, Haven. "Christophe de Menil: Blithe Spirit". W Magazine.
  10. (January 15, 2007). "Chasing Artist and Downtown Legend Dash Snow". New York Magazine.
  11. Smith, Roberta. (2009-07-15). "Dash Snow, East Village Artistic Rebel, Dies at 27". The New York Times.
  12. Roberta Smith,[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/arts/15snow.html?scp=3&sq=Dash%20Snow&st=cse "Dash Snow, East Village Artistic Rebel, Dies at 27"], ''The New York Times'', July 15, 2009.
  13. (October 5, 2016). "Dash Snow's Estate Sues McDonald's for Copyright Infringement". Hyperallergic.
  14. Sullivan & Worcester LLP - Nicholas O'Donnell. (2017-04-26). "McDonald's Beats Graffiti Copyright Claims in California, But Faces New Threat over New York Street Art".
  15. (20 August 2021). "Dash Snow Documentary Fails to Contend with the Artist's Carefully Constructed Persona".
  16. (October 3, 2006). "Dash Snow at Rivington Arms".
  17. (13 October 2006). "Art in Review; Dash Snow". The New York Times.
  18. (November 2006). "Michael Wilson on Dash Snow".
  19. Merjian, Ara H.. (2008). ""Babylon: Myth and Truth" at Pergamon Museum". Artforum.com.
  20. (2013). "WHB".
  21. (2013). "Exhibitions".
  22. "Materialized: New Ameriacn Video and...".
  23. (15 October 2010). "Exhibitions 2010".
  24. link. (March 17, 2016 , [[Whitney Museum of American Art]].)
  25. Patrick Amsellem, [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2009/05/22/dash-snow ''Dash Snow''] {{Webarchive. link. (July 7, 2009 , ''Brooklyn Museum'', May 22, 2009.)
  26. Alexandra Peers, "[http://www.vulture.com/2009/07/dash_snow_piece_pulled_from_au.html Dash Snow Piece Pulled From Auction]", [[New York (magazine). Vulture.com]], July 17, 2009. Accessed December 7, 2017.
  27. "[http://www.blouinartinfo.com/contemporary-arts/article/32067-dash-snow-piece-wont-go-to-bid Piece Wont Go to Bid] {{Webarchive. link. (December 8, 2017 ", [[Louise Blouin Media). Blouinartinfo]], July 20, 2009. Accessed December 7, 2017.

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