TOM OF FINLAND in MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
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TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920-1991), Untitled (From Mike - 'In the Park', Pt. 1) © 1975 Tom of Finland Foundation. |
Tom of Finland DIRTY FRAMES
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Info
29 August - 28 September, 2014 Tue-Fri 12-5pm, Sat-Sun 12-4pm
Contact
director@muu.fi
Timo Soppela
+3589625972
Address
http://www.muu.fi
MUU Galleria
Lönnrotinkatu 33
00180 Helsinki
Finland
Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991) the artist behind Tom of Finland is one of the most notable internationally acclaimed Finnish artists. Tom of Finland's work is mostly characterized as homoerotic illustrations. During his career he drew dozen comics of which the most famous are his Kake series. To Laaksonen fresh artistic expression was familiar since childhood for he had started drawing comics from a very young age.
DIRTY FRAMES presents you the comics by Touko Laaksonen in the same spirit that Tom of Finland is known for, without shame or reserve. In addition works by other internationally acclaimed homoerotic comic artists will be on display. Exhibition includes artists Benoît Prévot, Bill Ward, Etienne, The Hun, Michael Kirwan, Joe Phillips, Studio Splatter, Thor Of Sweden, and Jouni Lepistö.
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Tom of Finland Foundation, The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Finnish Comics Society and Finnish Comics Museum. The exhibitions is part of the Helsinki Comics Festival programme, and the Seta's 40th anniversary year.
Tom of Finland's works are on display in MUU for the second time. Finland's first Tom of Finland exhibition was organized in Artist Association MUU's gallery in 1990.
