| events
& exhibitions |
February
10, 2013
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents a:
Life Drawing Workshop
Ususally held
on the second Sunday of each month.
Beginner? Professional? All are welcome. RSVP and bring your sketch
pad!
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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January
19 -
February 23, 2013
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phd
presents:
Dark Impressions
Sculpture and Photography by Philip Hitchcock
Central
to this exhibit are the limited edition photographs
of select works shot by Hitchcock.
Details
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St. Louis, MO |
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February
15 -
March 31, 2013
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Leslie-Lohman
Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
presents:
Rare And Raw
Co-curated by Steph Rogerson and
Kelly McCray
“Viewed
as a whole, the exhibition helps us imagine and
speculate
on the many possibilities of gender and sexuality.”
Details
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New York, NY |
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February
8 - 10, 2013
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EroticArtEvents.com
presents:
On The Edge 3
Erotic Photography Exhibition
25 artists
displaying over 400 photographs,
from the fine art nude to the extreme erotica.
Details
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San Francisco , CA |
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February
10, 2013
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Los Angeles
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
presents
The Sainting
Of Sean Platter and Pup Don Mike
Show
Sean and Pup Don how much you appreciate their gracious hearts,
their dirty minds, and everything they’ve done!
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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December
14, 2012 -
January 27, 2013
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Invisible-Exports
presents:
Bob Mizer:
Artifacts
Bob
Mizer founded the Athletic Model Guild in 1945, Physique Pictorial
in 1951, and debuted Tom of Finland.
Details
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New York, NY |
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January
31 -
February 3, 2013
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Printed Matter
presents:
LA Art Book Fair
The Companion Fair to the NY Art Book Fair
Presented
by 220 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians,
artists, and independent publishers from twenty-one countries.
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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January
18, 2013
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Antebellum
Gallery
presents:
Adults Only
Heath Daniels and Michael J. Saul’s Art
"Illicit
sexual encounters and scenes of
extreme intimacy are juxtaposed."
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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| TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
Tips
Of The Hat And Odds & Ends:
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Foundation
thanks Hydrate, K-DUB and AK for the MANHOLE tribute to TOM on June
16th, 2012 at Hydrate in Chicago.
Your town next?
More on the event.
Hydrate Website
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news |
| Artists
In Print
Stripped: A Story of Gay Comics
TOM and others appear in
Stripped: A Story of Gay Comics (368 pages, 20 x 27cm, Bruno
Gmünder). Comics for Gay men have become enormously popular within
the past couple of years. You can find everything from witty and humorous
(Ralf König) to strong and hung (Patrick Fillion), from cheeky
youngsters (Tom Bouden) to adorable twinks who are deeply in love (Mioki).
Markus Pfalzgraf is a real
a aficionado of the colorful genre. With Stripped he has compiled
a stunning collection, which offers an overview for beginners and also
contains some delightful treasures for those who think they’ve
seen it all.
Get your copy
of Stripped:
A Story of Gay Comics
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| Artists
In Print
Anthologie de la bande dessinée érotique
(Anthology of Erotic Comics)
TOM OF FINLAND
(Finnish, 1920 – 1991)
Pour
lire l’article en français ici clic.
TOM and other illustrators
appear in Anthology of Erotic Comics (368 pages, 20 x 27cm).
Vincent Bernière has put together an anthology on erotic comics.
Inspired by the success of Beaux Arts Magazine's issue Sex
and Comic Art, he has assembled a big book on the same topic.
Appreciated or hated or cursed,
erotic comics have become a genre in itself. Between humor and trash,
this anthology discovers — or rediscovers — the history
of drawing boards for adults through texts and analysis, Tijuana Bibles
Aurelia aurita through Crepax or Crumb. It's a walk through a hundred
years of naughty fantasy bubbles.
In 1956, Tom of
Finland sent some drawings to the American magazine Physique Pictorial,
which — while under the guise of sport — was for homosexuals.
The publisher was captivated. Without a doubt he had unknowingly built
the founding principle of Tom of Finland: "I know that I got a
picture when it makes me hard." Therefore, Tom let go with his
pencil and begins with the beefcake of Kake, a self-produced booklet.
Beefcake? Prized
by some homosexuals, this kind of representation favors well-muscled
males. Tom of Finland was the most notable representative of gay art
in the late 1960s: it is in Kake, and in Jack and
Mike. His drawings were typically bikers, sailors, loggers,
police; and have become archetypes of some of the homosexual culture,
all based on virility.
Beau Arts
Website
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Homotopia And Tom
TOM OF FINLAND
Liverpool's Homotopia
2012 is gone, but not forgotten. Click on the images above to view
the pages about Tom of Finland. Or see the entire program.
Homotopia
Festival Program |
| parting
glances |
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John Horn
© 2012 HARINGMAN PHOTOGRAPHY
John Horn
looking through Tom of Finland: The Art of Pleasure by TASCHEN.
Got your copy?
John
Horn
at Model Mayhem
Tom
of Finland: The Art of Pleasure
by TASCHEN
Haringman
Photography Website
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