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Maailmalla tunnetuin suomalaistaiteilija Touko Laaksonen alias Tom of Finland tavoitti töillään mittavan kansainvälisen yleisön. Harri Kalha sukeltaa uusimmassa teoksessaan Tom of Finlandin häkellyttävään kuvamaailmaan, pysähtyy kutkuttavien kuvien äärelle ja kytkee ne kuvataiteen, pornografi an, homohabituksen ja seksuaalisen vapautumisen historiaan. Tomin tuotanto avautuu kerros kerrokselta ja paljastuu hämmästyttävän monisyiseksi ilmiöksi.Kalhan käsittelyssä Tom of Finlandin tuotannosta piirtyy avaria näkymiä taiteen ja seksuaalisen vapautumisen historiaan. Harvoin on taiteen ja seksin tarinoita kiedottu yhteen yhtä kiinnostavasti ja pieteetillä.Julkistaminen Helsinki Pride 2012 -tapahtumassa kesäkuun lopussa.

14 x 22 cm.

14 x 22 cm.

14 x 22 cm.

14 x 22 cm.

14 x 22 cm.

14 x 22 cm.

The list of artists who had major influence on the gay movement is rather short, since the movement itself is just a few decades old. But without a doubt Tom of Finland has to be included, the man whose amazing drawings tell us everything about love, lust and life of those hunks who have a good heart and live a simple life. Tom of Finland - Life and Work of a Gay Hero is a detailed anthology which is dedicated to his body of work from its early beginnings to the last years. With many drawings, a lot of photos and an extensive biography it gives you a portrait of this unique artist, which is as many-sided and life-embracing as the artist himself. Paino:1882 grammaa

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Let s get physical: Tom s cowboys, loggers, roughnecks, and roustaboutsAs a boy, Tom s first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in the endless forests; threshing oats, rye, and barley on the farms. Tom, a more sensitive boy, admired these rough men and their distinctive clothing, designed for protection and utility. He later said, When I was young, leather was worn by people who worked outside because it was warm. All the men who wore leather, they were the type of men which I adored. When he began to draw he celebrated these early idols, improving their wardrobes with tight jeans, faded T-shirts, and thigh-high beak-toed Lappish boots. It was a young logger in this gear who appeared on the spring 1957 cover of Physique Pictorial, introducing Tom to the world. In the decades to follow Tom added truckers, repairmen, construction workers, circus roustabouts, and the American cowboy to his roster of working-class heroes. Though just sexual fantasies for him, his portrayal of blue-collar lovers helped working class gays accept their true selves.The Little Book of Tom of Finland: Blue Collar traces Tom s fascination with working men in one compact and affordable package. A brawny lineup of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings is set alongside archival and contextual material, including historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom s own reference photos.Text in English, French, and German"

Nothing like a man in uniform: Tom s iconic images of hypermasculine military menWhen we think Tom of Finland we first picture muscular, macho young men in military gear. Tom s vision of masculine perfection was formed during his service as an officer during World War II. Though he served in the Finnish air force, it was the German troops, stationed in Finland to help the country repel invading Russian forces, which served as inspiration. After all, only the Germans had uniforms created by Hugo Boss, tightly tailored, replete with designer touches, and complimented by high, shiny black leather boots. Tom, at 19, was smitten, an obsession that deepened following his first sexual experiences with German officers in the blackout streets of Helsinki.Tom began putting his military fantasies on paper in 1945 to memorialize his thrilling nighttime encounters when the war ended. At first the Hugo Boss uniforms dominated, but as the years and then decades passed he included American naval uniforms as well, and then his own hybridized designs of black leather, jodhpurs, boots, and peaked caps, with military insignia replaced by Tom s Men patches. As Tom attracted an army of loyal fans, he created, with pencil, pen and gouache, an army of free, proud, masculine fantasy men committed to pleasure and male camaraderie.The Little Book of Tom of Finland: Military Men explores Tom s fascination with militaria through a mixture of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings, all in a compact and affordable 192 pages. Historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom s own reference images explore the cultural context and private inspirations behind the ultimate Tom of Finland hero.Text in English, French, and German"