After a bpic about the famo gay Fnish artist premiered this weekend, a look at why his art still ptivat the world.
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The Fnish artist known by the psdonym Tom of Fland changed the way the public saw the gay muny through his bold homoerotic works. Here we take... * gay art of finland *
The Fnish artist known by the psdonym Tom of Fland changed the way the public saw the gay muny through his bold homoerotic works. Born Too Laaksonen, Tom of Fland was famed for his “no holds barred” portrayal of gay them.
His body of ic strip works is not only celebrated by the gay muny; they have also been adopted by the mastream for advertorial purpos. After reprisg his studi the mid 1950s, Tom began to termtently subm sketch and drawgs to Physique Pictorial – a magaze for gay men. Given this creased liberaly, the beefke dtry waned, and Tom reacted by creatg more homoerotic and explic imag to adapt to the changg climate and reta his mercial edge.
100 Hero: Tom of Fland. The gay man who created art that helped shape queer inty and sire. * gay art of finland *
What followed was the steady rvg of the remarkable legacy he was to leave on gay culture; a legacy based upon assertg a romanticized ia of mascule gay imagery prevly overlooked.