Tom Of Finland Xxl - Hanson, Dian

Autor: HANSON, DIAN

Editorial: TASCHEN

Lenguaje: Inglés

ISBN13: 9783836527248

Reseña: In 1998 TASCHEN introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure. Prior to that Laaksonen better known as Tom of Finland enjoyed an intense cult following in the international gay community but was largely unknown to a broader audience. In 2009 TASCHEN followed up with the ultimate Tom overview: Tom of Finland XXL a beautiful big collectors edition with over 1000 images covering six decades of the artists career. The work was gathered from collections across the United States and Europe with the help of the Tom of Finland Foundation featuring many drawings paintings and sketches never previously reproduced. Other images had only been seen out of context and were finally presented in the sequential order Tom intended for full artistic appreciation and erotic impact. The elegant oversized volume showed the full range of Toms talent from sensitive portraits to frank sexual pleasure to tender expressions of love and haunting tributes to young men struck down by AIDS and was completed by eight commissioned essays on Toms social and personal impact by Camille Paglia John Waters Armistead Maupin Todd Oldham and others plus a scholarly analysis of individual drawings by art historian Edward Lucie-Smith. The only thing missing from Tom of Finland XXL was a widely affordable price tag-until now. The new Tom of Finland XXL is still big enough to work your biceps and includes all of the original content but costs a fraction of the original price. Youre welcome.