Dash Snow, Promising New York Artist, Dead at 27 From Drug Overdose

Dash Snow,27, a rising young New York artist, died last night due to a drug overdose. His death has been confirmed by his grandmother, art collector and philanthropist Christophe de Menil. It is a sad case because another young person has gone too soon, much like Michael Jackson.

Snow gained prominence after being featured in an article titled “Warhol’s Children” that appeared in New York magazine in 2007. He worked in video and photography and also developed a distinctive collage style that fused and contrasted found images in fresh and suggestive ways. He exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles and Europe and is currently featured in “Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture” at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

His grandmother said that he was in rehabilitation in March and remained drug free until recently. It's amazing that we can send someone to the moon but we just can't implement measures to discourage prescription drug abuse, for example.