KULTURHUSET

Enormous thanks to
Turku 2011 Foundation
and
Homotopia 

TOM OF FINLAND (Finnish, 1920 – 1991), Untitled, 1988, Graphite on paper, ToFF #88.10, © 1988 Tom of Finland Foundation

Tom of Finland has been an incredible inspiration to my work
and within the Gay community, as well.  —Mike Kelley, 1985

A NEW ANTHOLOGY FROM
BRUNO GMÜNDER

Release Date: September 2012

TOM OF FINLAND (Finnish, 1920 – 1991), Untitled (Preliminary drawing), 1980, Graphite on paper, 8.25″ x 11.75″, Signed and dated, ToFF #8801-0043, © 1980 Tom of Finland Foundation

ORIGINAL WORKS FOR SALE

Tom of Finland Foundation and Feature were both “born” in the same year, 1984. The gallery has had six locations—from Chicago to NYC’s lower east side—their present location. They have had no fewer than eight shows with Tom’s work.

Feature Inc
131 Allen Street, New York, New York
212.675.7772 

Rasputin: Russian Love Machine’s homage to TOM and his Foundation.

Presented by Andrés Rigal & Luke Nero
on the 28th of July, 2012

Hosted by Miguel Angel Reyes, SOLD OUT Clothing
and ToFF’s VP, S. R. Sharp.

With Josef Jasso, go-gos Johnathan Myers & Curtis Jackson.
DJs Josh Peace and Aaron Elvis.

Enormous thanks to hosts Rich Yap and Jake Prieto.

Thank you to

 Carrington Galen and Gary Duran

and

David Kahauolopua & Keith Webster
and all the dedicated models.

Brought to You by Luke Nero and Andres Rigal

with

Miguel Angel Reyes and SOLD OUT Clothing

OPEN VODKA BAR  9:00 – 10:00 pm

SATURDAY, 9:00 pm to 2:00 am

NO COVER or $5 FAST PASS TO SKIP LINE

Rasputin is West Hollywood’s Hottest Club Event

at

THE ROBERTSON NIGHTCLUB

Tom of Finland Foundation &
Rasputin: Russian Love Machine

lf I don’t have an erection when I’m doing a drawing,
I know it’s no good.
- Tom of Finland

 Brought to you by Luke Nero and Andrés Rigal,
with hosts Miguel Angel Reyes and SOLD OUT Clothing

Saturday, 9:00 pm to 2:00 am
No Cover | No Rules

THE ROBERTSON NIGHTCLUB

Tom of Finland had a exhibition on the
Ultimate Gay Summer Cruise
on the 21st of July, 2012.

Tom of Finland’s personal sailor suit on display.

Al & Wiki Wickman provided a Tom of Finland mini-exhibition with a Sailorboy theme including  beautiful reproductions and the actual sailor uniform Tom of Finland himself used to enjoy wearing!

A limited amount of merchandise from Tom of Finland Foundation was offered for sale as well as membership information on the upcoming Tom of Finland Seura.

The cruise was extra amazing thanks to Jari and his partner Jac who took care of the TOM part.

Thanks to the Bears that made this a great experience with really good feedback from people!

Tom of Finland comes to life with tableaux vivants
 at Rasputin
on Saturday, July 28!

Brought to you by Luke Nero and Andres Rigal,
the producers of Mr. Black and Summertramp.

Rasputin is West Hollywood’s hottest club event
every Saturday night at The Robertson.

With host Miguel Angel Reyes.

Finnish Ambassador to Sweden, Harry Helenius and CEO Turku Foundation, Cay Sevón at Kulturhuset for Tom of Finland exhibition, 2012.

TOM OF FINLAND (Finnish, 1920 – 1991), Untitled (Detail from “Camping”), 1976, Gouache on paper, Michael Holm/Revolt Press Collection – Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection #76.29, © 1976 Tom of Finland Foundation

Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.

TOM OF FINLAND EXHIBITION

Tom of Finland-utställning öppnades på Kulturhuset.

STOCKHOLM.

Mika, Orjan, Martin and Peter in front of the poster that TOM drew for SLM and later used for their Baltic Battle poster in 1994. Photo: Jonas Norén

Efter att i ett år ha visats i Åbo under Kulturhuvudstadsåret 2011 kom utställningen så till Stockholm och det Kulturhus som även i år blir Pride House.När Kulturhuset på onsdagskvällen bjöd till vernissage på Tom of Finland-utställningen kom Tom of Finland Foundations Durk Dehner för att medverka. På plats fanns även bland annat Finlands ambassadör Harry Helenius liksom kulturattaché Cita Högnabba och Åbo Kulturhuvudstadsårs Cay Sevón.

Gary Everett från hbt-kulturfestivalen Homotopia i Liverpool fanns på plats efter en intensiv veckas arbete med att få utställningen på plats.Kulturhusets Eric Sjöström, Everett, Sevón och QX förlagschef <bhöll tal och Durk Dehner gjorde så en specialvisning av de bilder som visas av Touko Laaksonensverk som spänner från 1944 fram till 1990, bara ett år innan han avled i Helsingfors.

Just nu pågår ett intensivt arbete för att arkivera och bygga upp samlingar av Tom of Finlands

QX’s Jon Voss was the opening speaker. Foto: Jonas Norén

arbete i Finland. Utställningen pågår under sommaren och över Stockholm Pride och planer finns att hålla ett antal seminarier kring utställningen i samband med festivalen.

At the opening was Tom of Finland Foundation’s cofounder and president, Durk Dehner, Finnish Ambassador Harry Helenius as well as cultural attaché Cita Högnabba, Turku Culture Capital’s Cay Sevón and Gary Everett from LGBT arts festival Homotopia in Liverpool.

Kulturhuset’s Eric Sjostrom, Everett, Sevón and QX Publishing Manager and Durk Dehner had a special viewing of the works by Touko Laaksonen spanning 1944 until 1990, just one year before the artist died in Helsinki.

Currently, there are efforts to archive and build collections of Tom of Finland’s work in Finland. The exhibition runs during the summer and Stockholm Pride. There are plans to hold a series of seminars on the exhibition in conjunction with the festival.

Durk Dehner of Tom of Finland Foundation and Eric Sjostrom, Kulturhuset’s artistic director. Photo: Jonas Norén

Cay Sevón and curator Gary Everett from Homotopia in Liverpool. Photo: Jonas Norén

Tom of Finland-utställning öppnades på Kulturhuset

Great opening for the Tom of Finland exhibition. The Finnish Ambassador said he was immensely proud of TOM.  This is the first time ToFF’s permanent collection has been seen in Sweden. Thanks to all of the funders, partners, friends and supporters for making this special event happen.

KULTURHUSET – TOM OF FINLAND - 28 JUN–19 AUG