R.I.P. Dash Snow: A Look Back At The Artist’s Best Work
Today, the art world mourns the loss of downtown golden boy Dash Snow, the 27-year old New York artist who reportedly passed away. Snow was known for his multimedia installations, photography, and painting and exhibited in galleries and museums including The Royal Academy in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2006 Biennial, Deitch Projects, Saatchi Gallery, Peres Projects and the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery in New York.
Snow was an alternative icon, and perhaps you were familiar with his work. If not, read on below for our quick look-back at 5 of his greatest works…
SACER (1990s-)
• Snow was one of the founders of the IRAK graf crew, an iconic NYC group.
Fuck the Police (2005)
• A series of NY Post headlines themed around police corruption, and adorned with Snow’s dried semen.
Dash Snow Polaroids (2006)
• Snow took Polaroids since he was an early teenager, using the medium to document wild nights and life in the city. He began displaying the work in the mid 2000’s.
Nest (2007)
• The “Nest” exhibit was the result of repeated late nights at the Deitch space, a collection of party remnants and 3000 shredded phone books.
Photographs (2008-2009)
• Snow continued to document the life he lead, and donated a series of photographs along with his art dealer Javier Peres to the Brooklym Museum this spring.
cornelius July 14, 2009 at 1:50 pm
this isn’t art. it’s garbage.
atze July 15, 2009 at 1:14 pm
your life is garbage!
RIP sacer
Realest July 16, 2009 at 2:21 am
FUCK THIS RICH ASS DOPEHEAD. FEEL BAD FOR HIS KID NOT HIM, HE WANTED THIS SHIT TO HAPPEN, AND THIS FUCKIN MAGAZINE JUMPS ONBOARD LIKE HE WAS WORTH HALF A DAMN
cqs July 17, 2009 at 4:28 pm
fuck you – you piece of shit. his life meant more than yours
dELArGE August 11, 2009 at 2:48 am
SIMPLY NOT ART JUST A RICH KID WHO WANTED TO LIVE HARD AND DIE FAST, IVE SEEN HIS DRAWING AND IS SHIT SEEN HIS PHOTOS AND ARE JUST NARCICIST OH OH WAIT IM AN ARTIST TOO YESTERDAY I JIZZED OVER A PHOTO OF A NAKED GIRL AND I CALLED IT FUCK THE POLICE TOO :D
carlovely July 14, 2009 at 2:08 pm
sad :(
i loved his rough style
thisisbullshit July 14, 2009 at 2:17 pm
FUCK THIS RICH ASS DOPEHEAD. FEEL BAD FOR HIS KID NOT HIM, HE WANTED THIS SHIT TO HAPPEN, AND THIS FUCKIN MAGAZINE JUMPS ONBOARD LIKE HE WAS WORTH HALF A DAMN
tyler July 14, 2009 at 5:12 pm
if you knew what you were talking about is that dash gave up his inheritance when he came of age so idiots like yourself wouldnt judge him. hollllllla
sarta July 14, 2009 at 11:27 pm
This is precisely the issue — why the hell should he have cared if “idiots like the above” judged him. Renoucing privilege to live a life of self-destruction isn’t cool. Having the option to renounce privilege IS privilege.
Though you have to blame the downtown art world who romanticized his lifestyle and probably added to the difficulty of getting out of it by valorizing his drug use, self-destruction, etc. just as much as you blame him.
superdae July 14, 2009 at 2:47 pm
you may or may not like this man’s art work, but can’t you just stop for a moment and think that his life is GONE.
he may or may not had money, but he has DIED. This is a SAD moment.
most people that comment on blogs seem to be cowardly dicks, with fake names and nothing but negative poison on their fingertips.
thisisbullshit July 14, 2009 at 3:37 pm
hey superdae, i said i feel bad for his kid… but snow himself was a fuckin wastoid who wanted a cult of art personality surrounding him and his heroin addled buddies… good fucking riddance… there are 6,706,993,152 people in this world, ppl are getting mowed down by bullets for having REAL opinions, no one should cry over a trust fund kiddie who decided to take smack to be edgy and then abandoned his kid whilst he drifts into the junk induced netherworld…
amesso July 14, 2009 at 3:44 pm
word..rip sace…
Money July 14, 2009 at 4:11 pm
more of this shit: photos of heroin, naked girls and getting it hung in art galleries. Didn’t we all outgrow this in the late 90s?
Its corny as shit cause its all about corny people looking at it like “oooohhhhh wow.”
Cat July 14, 2009 at 4:22 pm
This supposed “art” is why I left art school…it is no longer about talent, it’s about having a gimmick…this man’s gimmick happened to be “hipster – drug induced randomness” which just so happens to be in…it’s hard to feel sad for someone who had an audience and squandered it on this trash. I certainly do not think the art world will suddenly crumble now that he is gone…I would think it’s breathing a sigh of relief ~ until the next talentless ass clown with money comes along.
Realest July 14, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Too bad for his daughter. Trust fund death.
Trust Fund Kid 173 July 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I heard this nigga was dry snitchin
prollt gettin head offa that faggot earsnot too
SNOF.SKE July 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm
you people are the ones that are sad. a guy has lost his life. regardless what you thought of him as a person or an artist this guys has friends and family. have some fucking compassion you jerk offs..
dELArGE August 11, 2009 at 2:57 am
HE SHOULD THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE WASTING HIS LIFE ON DRUGS, BUT IT SEEMS HAVING A CHILD WASNT ENOUGH, YEAH NOW YOULL COME AROUND SAYING THAT IS NOT EASY TO QUIT ADDICTIONS, BUT MANY PEOPLE HAS DONE IT BEFORE, MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT ANYTHING MORE IN THEIR LIFE BUT THEMSELVES SO NOW THIS GUY HAD A CHILD, FAMILY AND MAYBE SOME FRIENDS THAT CARE ABOUT HIM, BUT THAT JUST WASNT ENOUGH RIGHT ?????
Mr. M July 20, 2009 at 7:42 pm
this is the best piece he ever did.
Therese July 20, 2009 at 8:26 pm
hahahaha!!
you are all absolutely right.
Im fascinated with dash snow and his ability to portray his outlook on society. im devastated he has died. But junkies are idiots. they know what they may be getting themselves (most importantly their families) into when they first shoot up and when it comes down to it all this conceptual art, modern photography,’collages’ etc are a load of shite when you think about life in the broader sense.
At the end of the day he was a sound guy, son, brother and father AND A ABSOLUTE BABE. RIP.
Mr. M July 20, 2009 at 9:14 pm
you said it Therese. He was a BABE. That is probably the only reason that he was celebrated in the first place. delicious.