Jimmy DeSana: Submission @ Brooklyn Museum

Jimmy DeSana: Submission at the Brooklyn Museum highlights the work of a talented but lesser-known photographer, artist, and LGBTQ advocate. From his early days taking pictures of suburban Georgia to his involvement in the New York punk scene, Jimmy DeSana used his art to challenge traditional American ideals and the images that represent them. The exhibition features almost 200 of DeSana’s works, some of which have never been shown before, and covers a period of over 20 years that encompasses his connections to the mail-art movement, New York’s subcultures in the 1970s and 1980s, the “Pictures Generation” of image-focused artists, and the impact of HIV/AIDS on his community.