Dash Snow
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Dashiel "Dash" Snow was an American
artist, based in New York
.
in Houston, Dominique de Menil
and John de Menil, French aristocrats who were heirs to fortunes based in textiles and oil-drilling equipment (see Schlumberger
). His maternal grandfather was Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman
. Robert Thurman is actress Uma Thurman
's father. His maternal grandmother was set and costume designer Christophe de Menil. He had a brother named Maxwell and a sister named Caroline. As a child he was rebellious, and at 13 was sent to the Hidden Lake Academy
in Georgia, a boarding school specialising in the treatment of children with oppositional defiant disorder
.
At the age of 18, Snow married Corsican-born artist Agathe Snow
. They later split up and divorced. In July 2007 Dash's then-girlfriend, photo magazine editor Jade Berreau, gave birth to his daughter, whom they named Secret Midnight Magic Nico.
Snow died on the evening of July 13, 2009 at Lafayette House, a hotel in lower Manhattan. His grandmother Christophe de Menil was quoted as saying that he died of a drug overdose
. A New York Times article commented that Snow "met a junkie’s end but did so in a $325-a-night hotel room with an antique marble hearth."
In 2006 he was included in the Wall Street Journal article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters", which profiled 10 emerging US artists including Rosson Crow
, Ryan Trecartin
, Zane Lewis
, Barney Kulok, Jordan Wolfson, Rashawn Griffin and Keegan McHargue
.
Like photographers Nan Goldin
, Larry Clark
and Ryan McGinley
his photos depict scenes of a sex, drug taking, violence and art-world pretense with candor, documenting the decadent lifestyle of a group of young New York City
artists and their social circle.
Some of Snow's later collage-based work was characterized by his practice of using his own semen as a material applied to or splashed across newspaper photographs of police officers and other authority figures.
, Anita Zabludowicz, and Dakis Joannou, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artist, based in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Life
Dashiel A. Snow was born in 1981, the son of Taya Thurman and Christopher Snow. He was also a great-grandson of the founders of the Menil CollectionMenil Collection
The Menil Collection, located in Houston refers either to a museum that houses the private art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, or to the collection itself...
in Houston, Dominique de Menil
Dominique de Menil
Dominique de Menil was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune...
and John de Menil, French aristocrats who were heirs to fortunes based in textiles and oil-drilling equipment (see Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
). His maternal grandfather was Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman
Robert Thurman
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman is an influential and prolific American Buddhist writer and academic who has authored, edited or translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He is the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, holding the first endowed chair...
. Robert Thurman is actress Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress and model. She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Among her best-known roles are those in the Quentin Tarantino films Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill...
's father. His maternal grandmother was set and costume designer Christophe de Menil. He had a brother named Maxwell and a sister named Caroline. As a child he was rebellious, and at 13 was sent to the Hidden Lake Academy
Hidden Lake Academy
-History:The school was founded in 1994 by Dr. Leonard Buccelatto. It was intended to "fill the need for a specialty school to fill the gap between services of residential treatment centers and traditional boarding schools."-Program:...
in Georgia, a boarding school specialising in the treatment of children with oppositional defiant disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder is a diagnosis described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior...
.
At the age of 18, Snow married Corsican-born artist Agathe Snow
Agathe Snow
Agathe Snow is an artist based in New York.Snow was born in Corsica. She works in a variety of media and has collaborated with artists including Alex Arcadia, Rita Ackermann, Michael Portnoy and Emily Sunblad...
. They later split up and divorced. In July 2007 Dash's then-girlfriend, photo magazine editor Jade Berreau, gave birth to his daughter, whom they named Secret Midnight Magic Nico.
Snow died on the evening of July 13, 2009 at Lafayette House, a hotel in lower Manhattan. His grandmother Christophe de Menil was quoted as saying that he died of a drug overdose
Drug overdose
The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced...
. A New York Times article commented that Snow "met a junkie’s end but did so in a $325-a-night hotel room with an antique marble hearth."
Career
Snow began taking photographs as a teenager, he said, as a record of places he might not remember the next day.In 2006 he was included in the Wall Street Journal article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters", which profiled 10 emerging US artists including Rosson Crow
Rosson Crow
Rosson Crow is a painter working in Los Angeles.-Education:She graduated with a BFA from School of Visual Arts, New York in 2004 and an MFA from Yale in 2006. She grew up in Dallas, Texas.-Life and work:...
, Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin is an artist and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004...
, Zane Lewis
Zane Lewis
Zane Lewis is an American visual artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.-Life and work:Recognized for his unique drip painting technique in which cascades of poured paint leak from images and sometimes spill onto the floor, Christopher Bollen, Editor of Interview Magazine, called Lewis'...
, Barney Kulok, Jordan Wolfson, Rashawn Griffin and Keegan McHargue
Keegan McHargue
Keegan McHargue is an American artist born in 1982 at Portland, Oregon, USA. He lives and works in New York, USA.- Solo exhibitions :2008* "Well Charged" Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France...
.
Like photographers Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin
Nancy "Nan" Goldin is an American photographer.-Life and work:Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Lexington, to middle class Jewish parents whose ideas, moderately liberal and progressive, were put to the test when on April 12, 1965 their eldest...
, Larry Clark
Larry Clark
Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa...
and Ryan McGinley
Ryan McGinley
Ryan McGinley is an American photographer living in New York City who began making photographs in 1998. In 2003, at the age of 25, McGinley was one of the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was also named Photographer of the Year in 2003 by American Photo...
his photos depict scenes of a sex, drug taking, violence and art-world pretense with candor, documenting the decadent lifestyle of a group of young New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
artists and their social circle.
Some of Snow's later collage-based work was characterized by his practice of using his own semen as a material applied to or splashed across newspaper photographs of police officers and other authority figures.
Exhibitions and collections
Snow exhibited in galleries and museums such as The Royal Academy in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art's 2006 Bienniale, with "God spoiled a perfect asshole when he put teeth in yer mouth", Peres Projects, Contemporary Fine Arts, Deitch Projects, Saatchi Gallery[11], "Babylon"[12] at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and Bergen Kunsthall in Norway. He is represented by Peres Projects in Berlin and Los Angeles, and Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin. His works are held in the collections of Charles SaatchiCharles Saatchi
Charles Saatchi is the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, and led that business - the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s - until they were forced out in 1995. In the same year the Saatchi brothers formed a new agency called M&C...
, Anita Zabludowicz, and Dakis Joannou, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum.