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Tom not only imagined but also materialized a world that celebrates the boundlessness of desire, inspiring generations of artists and people of all kinds to embrace the empowering, libidinal forces in each of us.
A two-part exhibition that is curated by the award-winning artist himself. It will be online and in-person and features both personal work and commercial work that celebrates Mel Odom’s career as a champion of Homoerotic artistry.
Tom of Finland, with his desire and skill, positively portrayed and drew masculine, attractive, confident men in homoerotic poses – dressed in uniforms, leather, rubber and fetish gear – thoroughly challenging contemporary society.
A discussion on how artist Tom of Finland's depictions of queer culture thoroughly challenged contemporary society and solidified his place as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
As part of our commitment to protect, preserve and promote the erotic arts for three and a half decades, Tom of Finland Foundation is making online galleries of our erotic art collection available to the public. Patrons of The World of TOM Patreon will receive the first look.
“Not a lot of people know this about me but I am very, very gay. And so just in case people don’t know that, I litter gay, homoerotic books all around the house.”
Hans talks about how working in the adult industry made him reflect on how society views sex, TOM’s Men and unhelpful stereotypes about adult entertainers.
"I realized that Tom’s work isn’t just erotic art; it is revolutionary for being one of the first moments since the Renaissance that men depicted in art as a sexualized object of desire and celebrated for its shape and form."
"The soldiers he met out there in the dark needed no excuses to bend over. But he could not draw these men. The artist in Tom could only continue to store it all away ‘for the duration.”
From the archives, we have a special treat: a 1990 video of actor and model Peter Morrison (aka Joe Falco) taking some solo time at TOM House with a copy of Kake Vol. 16 Sex on the Train.
As you can see from the gallery, it doesn’t have to be leather and you don’t have to recreate one of Tom’s images – though we’d love it if you did – we just want to see you standing proud in your fetish and kink.
As we always have, we continue to create public programming that protects, preserves, and promotes erotic art, broadening our global scope by becoming more online.
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