New Tom of Fland Sketchbook Go Deep Into the Gay Artist's Procs

Contents:

• THROUGH HOMOEROTIC ART, TOM OF FLAND PAVED WAY FOR TODAY'S GAY PRI
• THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
• LEGENDARY QUEER ARTIST TOM OF FLAND’S HOE NURTUR GAY ARTISTS
• NEW TOM OF FLAND SKETCHBOOK GO EP TO THE GAY ARTIST’S PROCS
• 'UNASHAMEDLY GAY': TOM OF FLAND'S BULGG BEEFKE DRAWGS UNVEILED LONDON

THROUGH HOMOEROTIC ART, TOM OF FLAND PAVED WAY FOR TODAY'S GAY PRI

In 2013, the artist’s work was clud a two-person exhibn wh the gay erotic art trailblazer — and, as happens, the origator of Laaksonen’s famo psdonym — Bob Mizer at the Mm of Contemporary Art, Los Angel. Even Laaksonen’s home untry and namake, which homosexualy was crimalized until 1971, has e around to the artist’s importance: In 2014, ma a seri of stamps honorg Tom of Fland, and a succsful 2017 bpic was produced the by Brian Forrt.

In the early 1960s, the pneerg, boundary-phg gay artist Robert Mapplethorpe, acrdg to Patti Smh, disvered Tom of Fland’s work a ed bookstall Tim Square.

THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE

”T talked to a wi range of artists about Tom of Fland’s fluence for what would have been his 100th by Anrs Sune Berg Elmgreen & Dragset, Berl-based artist duoTom of Fland’s art is unabashedly gay and celebratory of a subculture and sexual ruals that were nsired perverse when his drawgs first appeared public.

LEGENDARY QUEER ARTIST TOM OF FLAND’S HOE NURTUR GAY ARTISTS

And I thk, siarly, perhaps when Tom of Fland was fg this inic style, he really took ownership over his fn of what was to be a homosexual, which was perhaps, at that time, a term that was viewed as weak or rogatory.

NEW TOM OF FLAND SKETCHBOOK GO EP TO THE GAY ARTIST’S PROCS

Tom of Fland’s ft pencil work and the immediate eroticism are enough to make any young gay boy a quick fan, but after a of lookg at his drawgs, I unrstand that his work transcends pornography and occupi a space of queer spirualy.

'UNASHAMEDLY GAY': TOM OF FLAND'S BULGG BEEFKE DRAWGS UNVEILED LONDON

I me for the giant phall and stayed for the joy of beg a gay person.

Tom’s drawgs are unapologetilly happy and have not a shred of shame them — an credible rary any pictn of homosexualy, even now. Tom had the fortu of spir to celebrate men at play at a time when most of the world nsired gay people to be an abomatn. Tom had such an abundance of radil self-acceptance that his work ntu to impart the spir of self-love onto gay men everywhere.

-based wrer and artistWe kd of take Tom of Fland for granted, bee, let’s be hont, as gay men, do we really need any more imag of super mcular whe dus? Before Tom, the homosexual stereotype was a narrowly limed negative one.