Jimmy De Sana (November 12, 1949 – July 27, 1990) was an American artist, and a key figure in the East Village art scene of the 1970s and 1980s.[1] His 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] William S. Burroughs wrote the introduction to his collection of photographs Submission which was self-published in 1980.[3]
References
edit- De Sana, Jimmy. Submission: Selected Photographs, 1977-1978. New York: Scat Publications, 1979.
- Grundberg, Andy. "Critic's Choice", New York Times 04 Jan. 1991.
- "Guide to the Jimmy De Sana Papers, 1954-1997 (bulk 1977-1990) MSS 202", 05 Aug. 2009. Finding aid at Fales Library and Special Collections, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York: New York University.
Further Reading
edit- De Sana, Jimmy, Laurie Simmons, Roberta Smith, and William S. Bartman. Jimmy DeSana Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1990.
- Grundberg, Andy, Jerry Saltz, and Jimmy De Sana. Abstraction in Contemporary Photography. Richmond: Anderson Gallery, 1989.
- Hainley, Bruce. "Jimmy De Sana." Artforum International. 34(1995): 90-1.