“Reality & Fantasy: The World of Tom of Finland”
20th November 2020, 12:00 am
Date/Time
Date(s) - 20th Nov 2020 - 7th Dec 2020
All Day
Location
Shinsaibashi PARCO
Categories
Presented by Finnish Institute Japan, Embassy of Finland in Japan,
Tom of Finland Foundation, The Container, and Parco

TOM OF FINLAND , Untitled, 1963, Graphite on paper, 12.44” x 9.38”, Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection, © 1963-2020 Tom of Finland Foundation
Curated by Shai Ohayon
The exhibition features a selection of 30 historical works, ranging from 1946 to 1989, covering the artist’s entire professional career, and highlighting both his artistic versatility and presenting his identity as an LGBTQ legend who paved the way for LGBTQ rights worldwide and helped to shape gay culture.
Reality & Fantasy brings together a selection of works, covering the artist’s entire four decades of career, and presents works on paper using a variety of mediums, such as graphite, gouache, markers, and pen & ink. Historically, the images highlight milestones and artistic stylistic developments in Tom’s life and practice—starting with his 1940s and ’50s paintings in gouache, of men in stylish attire and uniforms, such as sailors, soldiers and policemen, in fantastic and romantic compositions, influenced by his army service in Finland—to his stylized depictions of leathermen and muscle men in the ’60s and ’70s, and the cleaner, high contrast and graphic drawings of his later career when he was working in Los Angeles.
Fantasy becomes reality – 3D tour of exhibition
心斎橋Parcoで12月7日まで開催中のフィンランド出身アーティストでゲイ・カルチャーのアイコン的存在として知られる #トムオブフィンランド 作品展。現地に行けない人も、もう一度見たい人も、オンラインで中の様子が見られるよ。下をクリックしてね!#TOMs100 #TOMofFINLANDhttps://t.co/W5NhX7Kngz — 駐日フィンランド大使館 (@FinEmbTokyo) November 23, 2020Exhibition in Japan of the works of the iconic Finnish artist Tom of Finland travels to Osaka
The exhibition, at Shinsaibashi PARCO, is the fruits of a collaboration between the Finnish Institute Japan, the Embassy of Finland in Japan, Tom of Finland Foundation, The Container gallery, and PARCO. The exhibition is curated by the Tokyo-based curator and director of The Container, Mr. Shai Ohayon. The exhibition was designed to coincide with… View Articleゲイ・アートの先駆者、Tom of Finlandの日本初個展「Reality&Fantasy The World of Tom of Finland」が心斎橋PARCOに巡回(11月20日~12月7日)https://t.co/cLEV3oX0Zh
— ウェブ版美術手帖 (@bijutsutecho_) November 11, 2020
Reality& Fantasy The World of Tom of Finland展覧会は次大阪にやってきますので、もしまだ見たことがなかったら、心斎橋パルコまでに是非お越しください!
会期:2020年11月20日(金)~ 2020年12月7日(月)
会場:心斎橋パルコ 10Fイベントスペース
入場料:500円
営業時間:10:00~20:00 pic.twitter.com/K239WNCraL— フィンランドセンター Finnish Institute in Japan (@finstitutejp) October 23, 2020
こんにちは。北欧区です。
11/20~12/7まで #心斎橋パルコ(11/20開業)にて開催! #フィンランド の作家トム・オブ・フィンランドの日本初個展となる「Reality&Fantasy The World of Tom of Finland」が大阪へ!https://t.co/osfPZfKwKf
▼渋谷パルコ会場レポ👉https://t.co/AfPd9U5yim #TOMs100 pic.twitter.com/CJPVrIkY93— hokuwalk(北欧区) (@hokuwalk) October 21, 2020
“Tom of Finland” – a film about love and glory screens in Osaka and Kobe Japan
Honored Officer Touko Laaksonen returns from World War II and very quickly discovers that life in a time of peace in Finland is disturbing him. Helsinki is imbued with homophobia and all men are forced to marry and have children. Touko finds refuge in his own artwork, which begins to specialize in stylized homoerotic drawings… View ArticlePublished: 20th November 2020
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