Jimmy de Sana
23 Feb - 30 Mar 2008
JIMMY DE SANA
"101 Nudes"
Wilkinson Gallery is pleased to show Jimmy De Sana’s (1950 – 1990) seminal photographic work 101 Nudes. The series consists of 56 half-tone reproductions of De Sana’s (seemingly) casually shot black-and-white photographs, which were originally created in 1972 when the artist was in his early twenties. 101 Nudes was partly influenced by the artist’s early exposure to (1950s) pornography and shows the artist, his friends and acquaintances posing (mostly) nude in domestic and suburban settings.
Eschewing the confrontational posturing of pornography 101 Nudes instead articulates a far more informal and participatory set of aesthetic and social relationships. Originally self-published as a portfolio by the artist on “a little printing press ... that I didn’t have total control over” 101 Nudes has been described as both “subversive” and “self-deprecating”: its startling immediacy is as apparent today as when originally created 35 years ago. (The portfolio was originally published in 1972 by the artist, and subsequently published by A.R.T. Press in 1991. Wilkinson Gallery is showing the complete set of prints from the A.R.T. Press edition).
"101 Nudes"
Wilkinson Gallery is pleased to show Jimmy De Sana’s (1950 – 1990) seminal photographic work 101 Nudes. The series consists of 56 half-tone reproductions of De Sana’s (seemingly) casually shot black-and-white photographs, which were originally created in 1972 when the artist was in his early twenties. 101 Nudes was partly influenced by the artist’s early exposure to (1950s) pornography and shows the artist, his friends and acquaintances posing (mostly) nude in domestic and suburban settings.
Eschewing the confrontational posturing of pornography 101 Nudes instead articulates a far more informal and participatory set of aesthetic and social relationships. Originally self-published as a portfolio by the artist on “a little printing press ... that I didn’t have total control over” 101 Nudes has been described as both “subversive” and “self-deprecating”: its startling immediacy is as apparent today as when originally created 35 years ago. (The portfolio was originally published in 1972 by the artist, and subsequently published by A.R.T. Press in 1991. Wilkinson Gallery is showing the complete set of prints from the A.R.T. Press edition).