dash snow dies aged 27

‘nest’ exhibition by dan snow and dan colen, 2007 – image courtesy deitch gallery 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

dash snow image world’s best evervia unbeige