'nest' exhibition by dan snow and dan colen, 2007 -
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over two thousand new york city telephone books were shredded to create their infamous 'hamster nest'

it was announced late yesterday that dash snow, a promising young new york artist,
died monday night at lafayette house, a hotel in lower manhattan. he was 27 and lived
in manhattan. his death was confirmed by his grandmother, the art collector and philanthropist
christophe de menil, who said that mr. snow had died of a drug overdose (his aunt is
actress uma thurman).


'nest' exhibition by dan snow and dan colen, 2007
over two thousand new york city telephone books were shredded to create their infamous 'hamster nest'


'nest' exhibition by dan snow and dan colen, 2007
over two thousand new york city telephone books were shredded to create their infamous 'hamster nest'

dash snow's work fed on his extreme living. he captured images of mayhem.
his work was visceral, bodily, often disgusting. he had few boundaries. he
and his friends – dan colen, ryan mcginley, terence koh and dash's ex-wife
agathe snow – injected the new york art scene with an energy that hadn't been
there for years. read more


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