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“Tom’s Stretch”

10th July - 22nd August
TOM OF FINLAND Untitled (Study for the series “I Fuck All Police”), c. 1966
Graphite on paper, 8.25” x 5.88”
© 1966 Tom of Finland Foundation

 

A group exhibition exploring the legacy of Tom of Finland

By channeling private fantasy into virtuosic drawings, Tom of Finland created a libidinal realm in which freedom and pleasure were the reigning tenets.

 

Presenting works by more than seventy artists, Tom’s Stretch gestures toward the expanded, transformative, and more permissive definitions of the body—and of art itself—that Tom’s work makes possible. Throughout the exhibition, his iconic visual language forms a link between the early underground worlds of Queer desire and an ever-evolving semiotics of the figure as charted by countless artists of subsequent generations.

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Featuring Tom of Finland alongside Ramsey Alderson, Angels of Light, Steven Arnold, Matthew Barney, Ana Benaroya, Peter Berlin, Huma Bhabha, James Bidgood, Nayland Blake, Matthew Brannon, Jared Buckhiester, Scott Burton, Paul Cadmus, Cassils, Julien Ceccaldi, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Kye Christensen-Knowles, The Cockettes, R. Crumb, Christopher Culver, Jory Drew, Jason Fox, Greg Gaar, Aaron Gilbert, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jenna Gribbon, Mark Grotjahn, Namio Harukawa, Richard Hawkins, Hardy Hill, Nick Hoecker, Peter Hujar, G.B. Jones, William E. Jones, Mike Kelley, Mike Kuchar, Doron Langberg, Steve Locke, Tala Madani, Monica Majoli, Robert Mapplethorpe, Chris Martin, Martin of Holland, Paul McCarthy, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Sam McKinniss, Go Mishima, Bob Mizer, Donald Moffett, Victor Moscoso, Ebecho Muslimova, Ruby Neri, Paul P., Breyer P-Orridge, George Quaintance, David Rappeneau, Spain Rodriguez, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Jim Shaw, Cindy Sherman, Jack Smith, Hajime Sorayama, P. Staff, Anita Steckel, Hugh Steers, Joey Strella, Elizabeth Sunflower, Ken Tisa, Salman Toor, S. Clay Wilson, Basil Wolverton, Martin Wong, and Jonas Wood.

 


Opening Reception: Friday, 10th July, 6–8p

VIDEO BY 
ERIC MINH SWENSON

 

PHOTOS BY 
JEFF MCLANE

 

Viewing: Tuesday through Saturday, 10a–6p

David Kordansky Gallery presents “Tom’s Stretch”

An exhibition of works spanning over eighty years with artists engaging with Tom of Finland’s radical ability to imagine a physique—and a world—that did not yet exist in popular culture. This generation-spanning presentation includes works by Tom of Finland alongside more than seventy artists. By channeling private fantasy into virtuosic drawings, Tom of Finland created a libidinal realm in which freedom and pleasure were the reigning tenets. Tom’s Stretch gestures toward the lasting reach of Tom’s legacy, and the expanded,…

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Venue

  • David Kordansky Gallery
  • 5130 West Edgewood Place
    Los Angeles, CA 90019 United States     + Google Map

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