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Tom of Finland, a moniker of Touko Laaksonen, was a Finnish illustrator best known for his distinctively stylized homoerotic drawings.An influential aesthetic force in late 20th-century gay culture, his illustrations were rendered in grayscale graphite and often featured uniformed men with exaggerated musculature and genitalia either performing or implying sexual activities.
Feb 25, 2016 · Out March 8, Tom House: Tom of Finland in Los Angeles, chronicles the home as a "part shrine, part haven, part art-historical archive, and part utopian collective." Every room of the bungalow is ...
May 6, 2020 · Tom of Finland beefed up the image of homosexuality, creating images of bulgingly priapic cops and cowboys that have become icons of gay liberation. To hail his centenary, we delve into the Wallpaper* archives to revisit this feature from the November 2014 issue (W*188), when our US editor Michael Reynolds teamed up with photographer Jack Pierson and art historian Richard Meyer to discover the ...
Tom of Finland’s artworks are in the public collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. In September 2014, Itella Posti published a set of three first class stamps in Finland featuring the artwork of Tom of Finland.
The Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival is the world’s largest erotic art fair. The first installment of the Festival was held in 1993. Since then, it has grown into a truly global affair, bringing Queer artists and art lovers together from all over the world.
Oct 10, 2019 · Let’s Go Camping with Tom of Finland is presented by The Lakes International Comic Art Festival and Cross Lane Projects in association with Tom of Finland Foundation. It is a unique, free exhibition, open to those over 18, and part of the official Tom of Finland Centenary celebrations, supported by the Finnish Institute.
