NYC #376: Cover Design Credit
Artwork by DASH SNOW & DAN COLEN
Dan Colen is a painter and sculptor known for his conceptually charged, realistic executions in paint of various objects in ruin. Dash Snow's photography, sculpture, and collage work all capture his life as a radical dissenter living in dangerous times. The artists themselves are not interested in the destruction that lies in their wake per se, but seek rather a total freedom of expression and an expression of their relationship with each other and members of their community. A "hamster nest" normally consists of their shredding enormous amounts of whatever paper material they can get their hands on and ransacking the interior of their selected space in an exuberant overnight fête. Over the years, this has taken place in hotel rooms all over the world, existing only in occasional Polaroids, video, and the memories of exasperated hotel staff. On July 3rd, Snow and Colen invited 15 fellow artists to Deitch Projects — Grand, and from midnight to 8am, rolled around together in the waist-deep shredded paper to create this piece, NEST.
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