Date/Time
Date(s) - 23rd Oct 2024 - 3rd Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location
Artworks Gallery

Categories

• Exhibitions - Other Artists
• Foundation Events

VIEWING HOURS: Tuesday-Sunday from 10a-4p
OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday 23rd October from 4-8p

STUART SANDFORD Polaroid Collages XXII, 2020, Archival pigment print on paper mounted in frame, 20″ x 20″, Edition 2 of 3, $3,500

Tom of Finland Foundation presents a pop-up exhibition showcasing emerging LGBTQ+ artists from the Foundation’s Artist-in-Residence Program; this diverse group exhibition features new and recent artworks by fourteen international young artists.

FELIX D’EON Buck’n Bronco 2, 2024, Marker and pencil on paper, 9.5″ x 13″, $1,200

The unique exhibition includes works by some of the program’s most recent artists including:

Tristor Blue (Finnish), Felix d’Eon (Mexican), Michael Espinoza (American), Fan Xiaobing (Chinese),
Fausto (German), FCK-Frédérick Gautier (French), frank.xarate (Colombian),
Phuc Le (Vietnamese), Rev. Steven Johnson Leyba (Native American),
Carta Monir (American), Jacob Love (Briton), Stuart Sandford (Briton),
Donald C. Shorter, Jr. (American), Jonathan David Smyth (Irish), and Yun-Pei (Taiwanese).

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Visitors to Made at TOM House will experience artworks made using a variety of processes and materials including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, printed banners, polaroid photography, needlework, and weaving. Explore the themes of identity and eroticism from a diverse array of perspectives and cultures, these artists seek to discover celebratory visual expressions of a fundamental human activity that connects us with ourselves and others.

A highlight of the exhibition is a historic color drawing by Michael Kirwan (American, 1953 – 2018) who is recognized for his “everyman” characters that illustrate Gay lust and its realities and is acknowledged as the Program’s first visiting artist-in-residence. In addition to works by emerging LGBTQ+ artists, the exhibition will also include a selection of limited edition prints of some of Tom of Finland’s most iconic drawings.

FAUSTO The Minotaur Tapestry, 2022, Coromflex 1/42 NM SPMV15025 (origin Japan) and cotton-chenille weft-threads developed by Fausto, fabricated by WEBEREI in Como, Italy. Woven on a full-width loom with 12,420 polyester warp threads, 93 x 74.5 in, 236.2 x 189.2 cm, $19,000

Every piece in the show will be available for sale, providing art, Leather, and desert lovers and collectors a chance to own a piece of this celebration.

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OPENING

The Tom of Finland Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program provides an opportunity for young artists from around the world to stay for up to three months at historic TOM House in Echo Park where Tom of Finland spent half of each year during the last decade of his life making more than a quarter of his artistic output. 

Celebrate Palm Spring Pride with us and experience the bold creativity of our artists-in-residence with our community! Concurrently on view is a special exhibition TOM OF FINLAND Visions of Desire comprised of original works by Tom of Finland.