Agathe Snow
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Agathe Snow (born 1976) is an artist based in New York
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Snow was born in Corsica
. She works in a variety of media and has collaborated with artists including Alex Arcadia
, Rita Ackermann
, Michael Portnoy
and Emily Sunblad. One of her best known endeavours was No Need To Worry, The Apocalypse Has Already Happened… at James Fuentes Gallery in 2007, in which Snow took the starting point of a recently flooded Manhattan
as a conceit on which to base a five-week performance and gallery-wide installation, including a sculpture of the belly of a beached whale.
Snow married artist Dash Snow
when he was 18 and she was 23. Dash Snow died on July 13, 2009; according to his New York Times obituary, their marriage had ended in divorce.
Snow's entry to the 2008 Whitney Biennial
, to be held March 9-March 16 at the Park Avenue Armory anex of the biennial, is "Stamina: Gloria Et Patria," a week long dance-a-thon.
Stamina: "Gloria Et Patria," a Dance-A-Thon produced as part of the 2008 Whitney Biennial, at the Biennial's Park Avenue Armory annex.
2008
Jonathan Viner/Fortescue Avenue, London
2007
Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York
"I Don't Know But I've Been Told, Eskimo Pussy is Mighty Cold." Peres Projects, Berlin
"No Need to Worry, the Apocalypse Has Already Happened. . . when it couldn’t get any worse, it just got a little better" James Fuentes LLC, 2007
2006
Collaboration with Nate Lowman, Midway, Minneapolis
Invasionistas, Kling and Bang Gallery, Reykjavik
Kate Moss Show, Foam Museum, Amsterdam
Interwoven Echoes..., Migros Museum, Zurich
2005
I Throw Herring to the Dog, CANADA, New York
Jump on Me, with Rita Ackerman, Bonner Kunstverein
2003
Follow Me, Follow You, Reena Spaulings Fine Arts, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Snow was born in Corsica
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
. She works in a variety of media and has collaborated with artists including Alex Arcadia
Alex Arcadia
Alex Arcadia is an American painter, sculptor and conceptual artist whose work is compared to Jeff Koons, Hans Bellmer, Andy Warhol and Constantin Brâncuşi....
, Rita Ackermann
Rita Ackermann
Rita Ackermann is a Hungarian-American artist.-Early life and education:Rita Ackermann was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1968.Ackermann trained at the University of Fine Arts Budapest from 1989 until 1992...
, Michael Portnoy
Michael Portnoy
Michael Portnoy is an American multimedia artist, choreographer, musician and actor. He calls himself a "Director of Behavior".-Performance artist:...
and Emily Sunblad. One of her best known endeavours was No Need To Worry, The Apocalypse Has Already Happened… at James Fuentes Gallery in 2007, in which Snow took the starting point of a recently flooded Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
as a conceit on which to base a five-week performance and gallery-wide installation, including a sculpture of the belly of a beached whale.
Snow married artist Dash Snow
Dash Snow
Dashiel "Dash" Snow was an American artist, based in New York.-Life:Dashiel A. Snow was born in 1981, the son of Taya Thurman and Christopher Snow...
when he was 18 and she was 23. Dash Snow died on July 13, 2009; according to his New York Times obituary, their marriage had ended in divorce.
Snow's entry to the 2008 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
, to be held March 9-March 16 at the Park Avenue Armory anex of the biennial, is "Stamina: Gloria Et Patria," a week long dance-a-thon.
Selected exhibitions
2008Stamina: "Gloria Et Patria," a Dance-A-Thon produced as part of the 2008 Whitney Biennial, at the Biennial's Park Avenue Armory annex.
2008
Jonathan Viner/Fortescue Avenue, London
2007
Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York
"I Don't Know But I've Been Told, Eskimo Pussy is Mighty Cold." Peres Projects, Berlin
"No Need to Worry, the Apocalypse Has Already Happened. . . when it couldn’t get any worse, it just got a little better" James Fuentes LLC, 2007
2006
Collaboration with Nate Lowman, Midway, Minneapolis
Invasionistas, Kling and Bang Gallery, Reykjavik
Kate Moss Show, Foam Museum, Amsterdam
Interwoven Echoes..., Migros Museum, Zurich
2005
I Throw Herring to the Dog, CANADA, New York
Jump on Me, with Rita Ackerman, Bonner Kunstverein
2003
Follow Me, Follow You, Reena Spaulings Fine Arts, New York
External links
- Agathe Snow on ArtFacts.net
- Interview in NY Magazine
- Agathe Snow's Works in the Dikeou Collection