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Tom of Finland : rohkea matka = bold journey

Title: Tom of Finland : rohkea matka = bold journey / toimittaneet, Leevi Haapala, João Laia & Jari-Pekka Vanhala.
Publication: Helsinki : Parvs Publishing, [2023]

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Description

157 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 25 cm.

Summary

Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), aka Tom of Finland, is Finland's most internationally acclaimed artist. He created a gallery of male types that retain fresh relevance from generation to generation as part of a timeless cultural iconography. Not only are his homoerotic fantasy drawings celebrated as enduring icons of gay subcultures and communities, but today they are also recognized by a growing audience of art lovers. His highly aestheticized, technically immaculate drawings have exerted a worldwide influence in fashion, design and culture trends. One man's porn has become everyone's art,' comments Kiasma Museum Director Leevi Haapala in his essay, which follows the career of the Kaarina-born, Helsinki-based advertising executive and musician who went on to achieve worldwide artistic fame. Haapala's essay is accompanied by a biography compiled by researcher Kati Mustola and an essay by curator João Laia, who uses the trope of cruising to discuss the sense of community, joy and pride engendered by Tom's characters. Researcher Harri Kalha sheds light on how Tom's originally hyper-Finnish masculine types embarked on their world conquest, leading them all the way to Los Angeles, where Tom's namesake foundation is based today. Curator Alvin Li's essay in turn examines the radicalism, hypermasculinity and fetishism of Tom's drawings. The richly illustrated book presents Tom of Finland's art from the 1950s until the end of his career. Exhibition: Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, April 28 - October 29, 2023.

Series Statement

Nykytaiteen museion julkaisuja = A Museum of Contemporary Art Publication ; 178/2023

Uniform Title

Tom of Finland (Parvs Publishing)
Nykytaiteen museon julkaisuja ; 2023/178.

Alternative Title

Rohkea matka
Tom of Finland : bold journey
Bold journey

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland from April 28 - October 29, 2023.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Text in Finnish and English.

Contents

Nordic gods: Tom of Findland's men of the forest / Durk Dehner -- The homecoming of Finland's most famous artist / Leevi Haapala -- Cruising for a community / João Laia -- Boys will be boys? Some notes on Tom of Finland / Alvin Li -- Branding Finnishness: draughtsman as "cultural ambassador" / Harri Kalha -- Tom of Finland: party of the year / Leeku Kimmel & Pertti Korpinen -- Touko Laaksonen: Tom of Finland / Kati Mustola.

Call Number

JQE 24-381

ISBN

9789527441664
9527441668

OCLC

1379059834

Title

Tom of Finland : rohkea matka = bold journey / toimittaneet, Leevi Haapala, João Laia & Jari-Pekka Vanhala.

Publisher

Helsinki : Parvs Publishing, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Nykytaiteen museion julkaisuja = A Museum of Contemporary Art Publication ; 178/2023

Nykytaiteen museon julkaisuja ; 2023/178.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Text in Finnish and English.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Haapala, Leevi, editor.

Laia, João, 1981- editor.

Vanhala, Jari-Pekka, editor.

Tom, of Finland, 1920-1991.

Nykytaiteen museo (Helsinki, Finland), host institution, issuing body.

Research Call Number

JQE 24-381

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