Jimmy DeSana
American, 1950–1990
- Introduction
- Jimmy DeSana (November 12, 1949 – July 27, 1990) was an American artist, and a key figure in the East Village punk art scene of the 1970s and 1980s. 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"., William S. Burroughs wrote the introduction to his collection of photographs Submission which was self-published in 1980. His work includes the album cover for the Talking Heads album More Songs about Buildings and Food.
- Wikidata
- Q6199963
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Photographer
- Names
- Jimmy De Sana, Jimmy DeSana, Jimmy de Sana
- Ulan
- 500094230
Works
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David Byrne, Jimmy DeSana Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings & Food 1978
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Jimmy DeSana Extension Cord 1979
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Jimmy DeSana Storage Boxes 1980
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Various Artists, Harry Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Charles A. Arnold Jr., John Ashbery, Bern Boyle, Lucinda Childs, Jane Comfort, R. Crumb, Dan Dailey, Jimmy DeSana, Evergon, Sandi Fellman, Benno Friedman, April Greiman, Martha Holt, James Hong, Betsey Johnson, Sonia Katchian, Christopher Knowles, Robert Kushner, Stephanie Brody Lederman, Sol LeWitt, Jacqueline Livingston, Joan Livingstone, David Lusby, Joan Lyons, Joseph Masheck, Judith McWillie, Joan Nelsen, Bea Nettles, Jayme Odgers, Richard Olson, Kingsley Parker, Harvey Pekar, Lucio Pozzi, Don Rodan, Martha Rosler, Michael Sorkin, Soul Artists, Stanley Stellar, Michelle Stuart, Benedict Tisa, Curtis Van Buren, Wenda Von Weise, Philip Warner, Robert Wilson Artifacts at the End of a Decade 1981
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Jimmy DeSana Marker Cones 1982
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Jimmy DeSana Cowboy Boots 1984
Exhibitions
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