“AllTogether” | Chris Johnson, Orsen and Philip Core

AllTogether features artists from the Tom of Finland Foundation archives.

Sadly information on Chris Johnson has been lost in time.

ORSEN (Briton)
Orsen (born Mark Haddon) was a costume designer better known for his erotic art and cartoons. Active in the 1960s and ’70s, his artist name was inspired by the William Shakespeare Twelfth Night character Orsino.

PHILIP CORE (B. 1951 D. 1989, American)
Philip McCammon Core was an artist and writer who spent most of his life in England. A figure painter and draughtsman, Core was well-known as a broadcaster of arts and a photographic critic in the British national press. He became the photography critic for The Independent and wrote a number of obituaries for the newspaper, including those for Robert Mapplethorpe and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His work is in the collections Arts Council of Great Britain, London, and Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.

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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: 10th May 2022

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