Dash Snow & Dan Colen: Nest [Hardcover]

Kathy Grayson (Author), Dan Colen (Author), Dash Snow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2008

"Amid the rolling hills of paper is a salmagundi of feathers, unidentifiable filth and fluids (mostly piss and liquor, though one hopes for at least a smidgeon of blood and cum). Sticks and bottles breach the drywall, while graffiti, scumbled with streaks of mysterious liquid, consumes every inch of the walls. One bit, like a laconic Richard Prince, reads I MAY NOT GO DOWN IN HISTORY, BUT I'LL GO DOWN ON YER LIL SISTER..." wrote David Velasco in his artforum.com diary entry devoted to Dash Snow and Dan Colen's blowout New York Deitch Projects installation, Nest. Along with a bevy of collaborators, including Terence Koh, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman and Adam McEwan, Snow and Colen filled the space with over 3,000 shredded phone books and-in a bacchanalian performance piece-trashed the gallery during several overnight sessions. Designed by the artists, this book features gritty behind-the-scenes photos

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Deitch Projects; First Edition edition (July 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977868699
• ISBN-13: 978-0977868698
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,716,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Full Color Madness, August 15, 2009

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This review is from: Dash Snow & Dan Colen: Nest (Hardcover)

How else to describe the art (and life) of Dash Snow documented in "Nest"? This is a thick, full color book of photography taken inside the 'nest' Dash Snow created for an exhibition: basically, a human version of a hamster nest. Only in this case the hamsters are engaged in drugs, sex, and rock 'n roll. This was one of Dash Snow's major art 'pieces' and this book is an amazing artist's book of it. For Dash Snow collectors the material in here is exclusive to the book so it is a definite must-have.