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Cover art for "Tom of Finland: Daddy and the Muscle Academy"

Perceptions and definitions of masculinity vary from time to time and culture to culture. Throughout history, popular concepts of masculinity have been reflected in paintings and sculptures. Some are commissioned portraits, others are created from inspiration.

How men idealize other men has long been an inspiration for homoerotic art. Much the same could be said for Tom of Finland, whose aesthetic has long been the backbone of the leather subculture.

By George Heymont, San Francisco-based arts critic

HuFF Post Arts

Published: 14th March 2012

Categorised in: For the Record, Friends of Tom