“AllTogether” | Carrington Galen, E.M.A. Studio and Etienne

AllTogether features artists from the Tom of Finland Foundation collections.

CARRINGTON GALLEN (B. 1965 D. 2016, American)
Carrington (Carr) Galen was closely involved with TOM House and remade the garden known as Pleasure Park. He planted many of its trees, including the Brugmansias (Angel’s Trumpets) found throughout Tom of Finland Foundation’s gardens. In 2015, he received the Tom of Finland Foundation Inspiration Award and participated in Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festivals. He passed away on 12th April 2016.

E.M.A. STUDIO (B. 1950 D. 2009, American)
Ed McAndrews (E.M.A.) was a Los Angeles photographer whose subject of choice was Latino and Native American young men. E.M.A. created amazingly erotic, sexy, lust-filled, and classic images. His photographs conveyed traditional, playful innocents like his predecessors, Bob Mizer, Bruce of Los Angeles, Mel Roberts, and David Hurles. Although his photos were contemporary, his usage of lighting and sepia toning created the aura of another era. In 1997, E.M.A. was a winner in the Tom of Finland Emerging Artist Competition and was a Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival participant.

ETIENNE (B. 1933 D. 1991, American)
Etienne (born Domingo “Dom” Francisco Juan Esteban Orejudos, Secundo), also known by the artist names Etienne and Stephen, was an artist, ballet dancer, and choreographer, best known for his groundbreaking masculine gay male erotica beginning in the 1950s. Like Tom of Finland, Etienne’s leather-themed art promoted an image of gay men as strong and masculine, as an alternative to
the then-dominant stereotype of weak and effeminate. He has been honored with three separate panels in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

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The exhibition tells the individual stories of the artists. At the same time, the exhibition locates parallels, interactions, and influences between Tom of Finland Foundation, Tom’s aesthetic impact, and the community of artists that have formed throughout the years around them…View

Published: 28th April 2022

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