Tired, Shitty Polaroids of Naked, Drunk Partying

      A friend of Joerg Colberg asked a question about Dash Snow’s art work - “What do his tired, shitty polaroids of naked ,drunk, partying say about anything?” Anyone new to art would undoubtedly ask this question after viewing some of Dash Snow’s works. One of his art pieces shows a man doing a line of cocaine off of another man’s penis. Another piece looks like it came straight out of a pornography magazine, showing a male and two females performing sexual acts on each other. Providing explanations to art is very difficult. After I looking at these works, one should consider Dash Snow general life experiences. Snow was a young rebel born into a privileged and art-loving family. At the age of 13, his family sent him to a reformatory-like school in Georgia. After two years, he returned to New York and lived by himself. He had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He divorced his first wife and later had a daughter who he named “Secret Midnight Magic Nico.” Two years after his daughter’s birth, snow reportedly died from an overdose. By the time of his death, snow was a star in New York City. “What do his tired, shitty polaroids of naked ,drunk, partying say about anything?” He wanted to move the viewer. He created his art in the same way that he lived his life – through rebellion.