Protagonist Pictures has announced "Tom of Finland," a new biopic about the famed artist whose erotic drawings of masculine sexual archetypes became a major part of the gay civil rights movement and are now major collector's items. Aleksi Bardy wrote the screenplay for the film which follows the life story of Touko Laaksonen who returned home to Helsinki a hero during WW2.
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04/17/2024 - 11:39 am | View Link - Tom of Finland
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, ...
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- Artist Profile: Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland, perhaps the most iconic creator of erotic gay art, understood his role as a liberator. His images of men unleashing their deepest fantasies have provided an outlet for self-identification and established a visual iconography of eroticism. Below Christine von der Linn dives in to Tom’s life and distinct artistic style. Early Life.
04/12/2024 - 12:43 am | View Website - Happy 100 Years: The Tom of Finland Biography
Tom of Finland (born Tuoko Laaksonen, 1920–1991), was an iconic and groundbreaking artist who rose to cult status in the international queer community and beyond for his work celebrating the male figure and masculinity during a time when being gay was taboo.
04/11/2024 - 2:06 pm | View Website - Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play
June 13 – September 13, 2015. The Pleasure of Play is the most comprehensive Tom of Finland survey exhibition to date, spanning six decades to include more than 180 drawings, 1930s childhood paper dolls, the full set of 1940s gouaches along with triptychs, individual drawings, storyboards and over 300 reference pages.
04/11/2024 - 3:08 am | View Website - Tom of Finland: From the fringe to the mainstream
Tom of Finland helped a company, previously operating mainly in Finland, to grow internationally: the line was taken to more than 21 countries. It has sold the most in its home country, with Sweden and the USA following.
04/10/2024 - 2:43 pm | View Website - Tom of Finland | Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
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