Jimmy DeSana

Jimmy DeSana (1949-1990) has left an indelible mark on the history of photography. A fixture of the oft-mythologised downtown New York scene of the 70s and 80s, DeSana's practice stretches from portraits of contemporaries - Laurie Anderson, Blondie, Talking Heads etc. - to the surreal, colour-saturated, queer and avant-garde images that characterise his singular aesthetic.

Recent solo / duo exhibitions include Ruins of Rooms, with Paul.P, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2024), Jimmy DeSana: Submission, Brooklyn Museum, New York (2023), The Sodomite Invasion: Experimentation, Politics and Sexuality in the work of Jimmy DeSana and Marlon T. Riggs, Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver (2020).