| Events
& Exhibitions |
April
26, 2014
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Mr.
Sister Leather 2014
And
TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
Present:
Tableaux
Vivant Deux
A
Live Showcase of Well-Known Tom of Finland Art
The tableaux
vivant (living picture) of TOM’s artwork.
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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September
6 -
March 29, 2015
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Museum
Centre Vapriikki
presents:
Sealed with a Secret
Correspondence of Tom of Finland
A multifaceted
portrait of the artist Touko Laaksonen
is conveyed through his extensive correspondence.
Details
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Tampere, Finland |
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March
28 -
May 25, 2014
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Leslie-Lohman
Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
presents:
Stroke: From Under
the Mattress
To the Museum Wall
A historical
retrospective of sexy and erotic illustrations by artists
who worked for Gay male magazines from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Details
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New York, NY |
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May
11, 2014
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents a:
Life Drawing Workshop
Usually held
on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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May
1 - 31, 2014
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Saytrs Motorcycycle
Club
presents:
Rumble
Leather & Motorcycles, the Long Road to
Equality
Leather & Motorcycle History
Los Angeles is rooted deep in LGBT history that is often overlooked
by many.
Details
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New York, NY |
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| Foundation
Announcements |
Stuart
and new friend
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Artist-in-residence
Stuart Sandford — currently staying at Tom
of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles — would like to meet
you. You can view his work here. Please email
him and say “hello”.
Stuart’s a young
artist we met in London who works with the male form and is creating
a series of statues titled Sebastian that is inspired by
the myth of Narcissus, and Antinous (Emperor Hadrian’s lover).
You can find out more
about him on TOM's
Blog. |
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Totally
a blessed event! TOM House was the venue for a Drag
Brhttps://www.tomoffinland.orghunch Benefit for the
Foundation on April 13, 2014..
Many thanks to the hosts,
Jordan Frink, Mr. Sister Leather and
Daphne Von Rey as well as Kerri Annick Cacciata of Local Tastes
Better, L.A. GLANEUR, Oxballs and Eagle LA. Performers Daphne Von
Rey, Gino Lollobrigido, and Evelyn Trejoure provided the entertainment!
See photos and a video
on TOM's
Blog. |
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| Art
News |
Artists Honored on
Postage Stamps Including
Tom of Finland
The miniature sheet contains three 1st class self-adhesive
stamps.
Beginning September 8, 2014,
Itella Posti — the Finnish state owned company that offers postal
services — will release seven new sets of stamps, containing a
total of 33 new designs.The subjects of the new stamps include male
drawings by Tom of Finland.
Tom is considered one of
the most well-known Finnish artists around the world. His emphatically
masculine homoerotic drawings have attained iconic status in their genre
and had an influence on, for instance, pop culture and fashion. In his
works, Tom of Finland utilized the self-irony and humor typical of subcultures.
Here's an interview
with stamp's designer Timo Berry in cooperation with the Tom of Finland
Foundation‘s Finnish representative Susanna Luoto.
A petition
demanding the stamp be called off has now launched, and has so far gathered
over 2,000 signatures.
More on TOM's
Blog
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| Parting
Glances |
| GEAR
Helps Keep Us
Alive And Thriving
MODEL: Adam Killian
100%
Cotton. Pre-shrunk, fitted. Four styles. Black or white.
By supporting Tom of Finland
Foundation, GEAR helps keep TOM’s Men a part of our culture – alive
and thriving.
Touko Laaksonen, best known
by his pseudonym “Tom of Finland”, was a Finish artist notable for his
stylised androerotic fetish art and his influence on late twentieth
century Gay culture. He has been called “the most influential creator
of Gay pornographic images”.
€10 of the purchase price
of the GEAR Berlin TOM OF FINLAND shirt goes directly to the Tom of
Finland Foundation whose mission it is to protect, preserve and promote
the work of erotic artists.
You can see
this and other items on the GEAR Website
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| Tom
of Finland
Cross-Stitch Kit
Each kit includes: Fabric – Aida 11 (23 cm x 33.5 cm with
a 6 cm border),
2 x needles, Coloured thread, Instructions and Stitching Chart
5%
OF PROFITS TO QUEER CHARITY
IMAGES ARE ALL FULLY LICENCED FROM TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
Do-it-yourself Tom of Finland
cross-stitch kits. Designed by Pearler in Brisbane in collaboration
with Tom of Finland Foundation, the kits feature the artwork of celebrated
Finnish artist Tom of Finland (real name Touko Laaksonen, 1920-1991).
Tom of Finland is best known for his groundbreaking homoerotic iconography,
which has been strongly influential on late twentieth century gay culture.
Pearler is an award winning
multi-disciplinary Brisbane design firm that creates products of the
highest quality while adding value to communities and those in need
wherever possible. Pearler aims to preserve and modernise traditional
and lost crafts.
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