Dash Snow, photographer/artist

[Baby]

Biography :

Snow ran away from home and began living on the streets at 13 or 14, and began taking photographs, he said, as a record of places he might not remember the next day.

He was included in the 2006 Wall Street Journal article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters", which selected ten top emerging US artists including Rosson Crow, Ryan Trecartin, Zane Lewis, Barney Kulok, Rashawn Griffin and Keegan McHargue.

The artist's photographic work is in a thematically similar mode to photographers Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, Ryan McGinley and Richard Billingham, often depicting scenes of a candid or illicit nature. Instances of sex, drug taking, violence and art-world pretentiousness are documented with disarming frankness and honesty, offering insight into the decadent lifestyle associated with young New York City artists and their social circles.

Some of Snow's recent collage-based work was characterized by the controversial practice of using his own semen as a material applied to or splashed across newspaper photographs of police officers and other authority figures. His works have been acquired by influential collectors such as Charles Saatchi, Anita Zabludowicz, Dakis Joannou, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum.

He also wrote graffiti as part of the Irak Crew using the name "Sace".

In 2007 he was the centerpiece for the Barr music video "The B Side Is Silent"

Snow exhibited in galleries and museums such as The Royal Academy in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art's 2006 Biennial, "God spoiled a perfect asshole when he put teeth in yer mouth", Peres Projects, "Day For Night", Deitch Projects, Saatchi Gallery, "Babylon" at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery in New York, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and Bergen Kunsthall in Norway.

Family :

A son of Taya Thurman and her former husband, Christopher Snow, the artist was also a great-grandson of the founders of the Menil Collection 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, his maternal grandmother was set and costume designer Christophe de Menil, and an aunt was actress Uma Thurman. He had brothers, Maxwell,and sister Caroline.

In 1999 Snow married Agathe Aparru, now known as Agathe Snow, an artist. According to Snow's New York Times obituary, this marriage ended in divorce.

He had a daughter, Secret Aliester Ramirez Messenger Santa Creeper, by Jade Berreau, a model, actress, and photographer, in 2007. (One source states the child's name is Secret Magic Nico.)

Death :

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. This has been also asserted by other sources; a New York Times article characterized his death as "a junkie

[KittyBronx]

Nice post, Baby. I really like his photography & especially the subtle black humor he weaves into the often times gritty imagery he captures. Very sad to hear about his death.

[celebsfann]

I have been searching for days now and still I cannot find the name of the artist/ artists that did the mirrors edge concepts. Do any of you guys know who the concept artist is?

[Baby]

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