Artist and downtown darling, Lucien Smith, dead at 37

Artist Lucien Smith, a key figure in New York's early-2010s art scene, has passed away at 37

• Lucien Smith was a prominent figure in New York's early-2010s art scene.
• He was 37 years old at the time of his death.
• Bill Powers' Half Gallery presented Smith's first solo exhibition, 'Good Vibrations', in 2012.
• Smith's work will be remembered as part of the contemporary art conversation of the early 2010s.
• His influence on the art scene is expected to endure.

Bill Powers, whose Half Gallery presented Smith's first solo exhibition, remembers Smith as an important figure whose influence will endure