Jimmy De Sana

Jimmy DeSana
BornNovember 12, 1949 (1949-11-12)
Detroit, Michigan
DiedJuly 27, 1990 (1990-07-28)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BFA)
Known forNew Wave punk art BDSM
Notable workSubmission

Jimmy DeSana (November 12, 1949 – July 27, 1990) was an American artist, and a key figure in the East Village punk art and New Wave scene of the 1970s and 1980s.[1] DeSana's photography has been described as "anti-art" in its approach to capturing images of the human body, in a manner ranging from "savagely explicit to purely symbolic".[2] DeSana was close collaborators with photographer Laurie Simmons and writer William S. Burroughs, who wrote the introduction to DeSana's self-published collection of photographs Submission.[3] His work includes the album cover for the Talking Heads album More Songs about Buildings and Food as well as John Giorno’s LP, You’re The Guy I Want To Share My Money With.[4]

  1. ^ De Sana, Jimmy. Submission: Selected Photographs, 1977–1978. New York: Scat Publications, 1979.
  2. ^ Grundberg, Andy. "Critic's Choice", New York Times January 4, 1991.
  3. ^ "Guide to the Jimmy De Sana Papers, 1954–1997 (bulk 1977–1990) MSS 202" Archived September 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, August 5, 2009. Finding aid at Fales Library and Special Collections, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York: New York University.
  4. ^ "The Bunker: inaugural program - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved May 4, 2022.