Want more Tom of Finland?
26th December 2020, 11:28 am
Of course you do, and the House of Illustration exhibition catalogue in ABRAMS Books biography is the place to get it.
2020 was due to be, among other things, a year of celebrations to mark the centenary of Tom of Finland.
2020, as we know, had other ideas, and we had to close the UK’s first public exhibition, Love and Liberation, dedicated to the gay cultural icon and illustrator after just 10 days.
So we’re delighted that the exhibition lives on in a new, official biography of Tom, in the form of a mini catalogue within the book.
“TOM OF FINLAND: The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero” releases
Avant-garde, provocative, subversive and rebellious – Tom of Finland stamped history with his recognizable artistic style. A virtuoso of drawing, he fashioned the silhouette of a new Gay man – strong, confident, joyful and assertive – fully participating in the visibility and recognition of the nascent Homosexual movement. With text authorized by the artist… View ArticlePublished: 26th December 2020
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