Start: 26 June 2011
Finish: 24 July 2011

HECTOR SILVA

 
 ChimMaya has a long history of celebrating/showcasing established,
emerging, and rising stars in the arts community. On the heels of our
mission, we’ve decided to open our newest gallery space ‘The Beverly Project’ with an exhibition that echoes the spirit that has grounded ChimMaya over the years.In solidarity w/June ‘Gay Pride’ month … ChimMaya has assembled an
amazing and eclectic group of Gay/Lesbian artists for a groundbreaking
exhibition in our new gallery, adjacent to our main building.

ChimMaya has invited these gifted artists…to open this exhibition of ‘affirmative identity’ during ‘Gay Pride’ month, in celebration of all the individuals who have, and do, encounter discrimination and intolerance…based on gender, race/ethnicity, body image, and sexual identity/orientation.

Female Artists: Ana Landeros, Magda Audfried, Ana Castillo,
Violetta Antonia Sorcini, Angela Ortiz, Marla Hidalgo, Jennifer Olvera,
Rosie Garcia

Male Artists: Miguel Angel Reyes, Juan Solis, Hector Silva, Joey Terrill,
Tony de Carlo, Antonio Rael, Ariel Vargassal, Angel Villanueva,
Raul Pizarro, Lalo Ugalde, Riddle, Jesse Hinostroza, Manuel Acevedo,
Manuel Saenz, Edward Escamilla

The galley owners, Steven Acevedo and Daniel Gonzalez, seek to promote community awareness of the visual arts by offering a setting where the public can gather for the appreciation of arts and culture.

Gallery ChimMaya is located is located in the East Los Angeles / Montebello / Monterey Park area, two blocks east of Atlantic Boulevard.

5283 East Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90022
323.869.8881

Weekdays: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed Monday
Closed Sunday

Everyone is invited to
the Closing Party of never alone
on Sunday, June 26th, 2:00 to 5:00 pm.

never alone
A Look at Tom and His Friends

Works by artists from the
Tom of Finland Foundation
permanent collection.

TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Valio Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 – 1991), Untitled (Study), 1989, Graphite on paper, ToFF #0502, © 2011 Tom of Finland Foundation

Thanks to all the Volunteers, Friends, Supporters and Sponsors who came out for this year’s event! This party is the best way to remember TOM!

Find YOUR pic at JayPG Photography .

Special thanks to artist Dylan for his remarkable skills in helping create Pleasure Park.

Congradulations to ALL the TOM’s Men!

Tom of Finland: Original Drawings

Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., June 25 until Sat., August 6

phd gallery
Price: $10 suggested donation opening night; free thereafter

By Paul Friswold

 When Touko Laaksonen was a young man, homosexuals had no public image because homosexuality was not discussed in the 1930s. That didn’t stop Tuoko from fantasizing about the loggers and farmers of his bucolic Finnish village — and it didn’t stop him from using these men as the inspiration for his drawings of burly men rough-housing, wrestling and engaging in more intimate physical acts. Touko eventually found work in advertising, but sent his illustrations to the major American physical fitness and muscle mags of the day, signing his work with the easier-to-pronounce “Tom.” The burgeoning gay community fell in love with Tom of Finland’s work not just because of his hyper-sexualized male nudes — although what’s not to love about that? — but because his subjects were always depicted as strong, happy and proud of their bodies and themselves. Gay pride was evident in Tom of Finland’s art long before it was a rallying call for the LGBT community. And in honor of PrideFest weekend, phd gallery hosts a unique exhibition, Tom of Finland: Original Drawings. As the title implies, these are not lithographs or reproductions, but genuine original graphite on paper illustrations from the hand of the master.

TOM OF FINLAND

Gay pride was evident in Tom of Finland’s art long before it was a rallying call for the LGBT community.

Tom of Finland: Original Drawings opens with a free public reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at phd gallery (2300 Cherokee Street; 314-664-6644 or www.phdstl.com). A suggested $10 donation on opening night benefits the Tom of Finland Foundation, an organization which promotes, protects and preserves erotic art. The work remains up through Saturday, August 6, and the gallery is open Thursday through Sunday. Admission is free after opening night.

RIVERFRONT TIMES



MARTIN OF HOLLAND, Untitled (detail), 1977, From Tom of Finland Foundation Collection © 1977 Martin Holland

On Saturday, June 11, 2011, we here at Tom of Finland Foundation received some very sad, though not unexpectednews from the Netherlands. Martin Van De Logt, the artist known around the world as Martin of Holland, died at his home in Den Haag, in the company for his friends and family, from an inoperable brain tumor, diagnosed earlier this year.

Martin of Holland’s art appeals to very specific tastes, and to call it extreme might be a bit of an understatement. His passion for the subject matter and his unflinching imagination set him a part from those who crave social approval or critical adulation. In a time when so many new and established Gay and Erotic artists are trying to “tastefully tone it down,” Martin’s work stands apart as both fiercely creative and proudly uncompromised.

Though many in his home country are unfamiliar with his works, his impact on one of the most socially progressive countries in the world was profound. As the last individual in the Netherlands to be arrested and incarcerated for producing and distributing his own pornography in the 1950s and 60s , the civil rights ramifications of his multiple year imprisonment helped insure that the generations that followed were free from bias and bigotry hidden behind and inside all acts of censorship.

We here at TOM House send our most heart felt condolences to his partner and his family. To view more of his work, check out his web page.

 

 
Photos by Miguel Angel Reyes

A very special thanks to Miguel Reyes and all the ToFF Volunteers who made LA PRIDE 2011 so jubliant!

It was s-t-e-a-m-y in the Erotic City tent and h-o-t out on the streets for the Parade.

When Christopher Street West launched its Erotic City in 2002 – the goal was to be more inclusive by bringing more of the alternative community to the Festival. Tom of Finland Foundation was invited to be the centerpiece and has been proud to participate since. Thank you to artists Dear Angel, Baphomet, Hector Silva, Karoy and Mark H. Flanders for sharing their beautiful work with all the eager celebrants.

The Foundation wishes to thank Jacob Prieto, his dad Arnold and the wonderful folks at Green Float Company of Fullerton, CA for helping to fufill our mission.

Everyone at CSW – Rodney Scott, Louie Pacheco Saenz, Steve Ganzell and Karina Samala – has the true knack for making everyone around them happy.

Congradulations to Mr. CSW Leather 2012, Neal Kenji Christensen. ToFF acknowledges that each and every contestant adds his own luster to the Leather Community and with them they carry the Spirit of TOM.

As the Foundation has been Protecting, Preserving and Promoting erotic art they have been passing on the Power of Tom’s work, the Passion he has instilled in the artists who stand on his shoulders and reminding of the Purpose of the Artist as storyteller of his Tribe.