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eNews #303
News from TOM's Foundation
18th August 2023
Events & Exhibitions
Through 19th August
Los Angeles
20 is a group exhibition celebrating the David Kordansky Gallery’s twentieth anniversary. The gallery has long been concerned with providing space for artists to look both inward, toward the development of their mediums and the personal motivations that drive them to make art...
Through 26th August
Los Angeles
Current #TOMair Felix D’Eon is enraptured by various art-historical styles such as Edwardian fashion and children’s book illustration, golden-era American comics, and Japanese Edo printmaking. In his work he attempts to make the illusion of antiquity complete, using antique papers and careful research as to costume, set, and style.
Foundation artist-in-residence Jonathan David Smyth (AKA Julian Scott) will exhibit a new series of still images he has produced during his time here at the TOM House. The photo series – documenting various friends, fellows, and fam – will be presented as an immersive and site-specific installation.
Through 30th September
Irvine, California
The Irvine Fine Arts Center is proud to announce the opening of All Media 2023, an exhibition featuring 67 local and national artists who work in disciplines such as sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, drawing, collage, metal, works on fiber, and more.
7th-8th October
Los Angeles
The Festival is ToFF’s yearly programming effort to bring together artists, galleries and patrons from all over the globe in a socially friendly setting, so that they can network as well as buy and sell works.
Through 29th October
Helsinki
The characters in Tom of Finland’s drawings – lumberjacks, bikers, soldiers and policemen – exude vitality, joy and pride. The artist drew to arouse desire, initially for his own private pleasure, and later for an expanding world of fans.
Through 26th November
Helsinki
Dreamy – Queer Imaginaries, from the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma’s collection, aims to underline the connectivity between past and present practices dealing with LGBTQI+ identities, historicizing recent practices and signaling Tom of Finland’s pioneering agency.
News & Announcements
The latest campaign from Trashy Clothing is a testament to their audacious spirit. Teaming up with the legendary Tom of Finland Foundation, the brand showcases its collaborative collection through the lens of the talented Omar Sha3.
Since 2020, the two partners have already unveiled three original collaborations influenced by the works of the renowned artist. This fourth collaboration focuses on a male sketch from the 1980s, reinterpreted in the different pieces of the collection.
The collection features three colorful design styles — Pride, Retro and SeaMen — each with Tom of Finland illustrations on the front and back. “Take the plunge and have all eyes on you at the beach, swim meet, or wherever you go,” said a rep. “Get yours now, and have these hot studs wrapped around your ass and package all summer long.”
Trashy Clothing unveiled the campaign for its collaboration with Tom of Finland Foundation, starring John Rabadi and shot by Omar Sha3.
FOUNDATION UPDATE
We couldn’t be more excited to give our social media followers a look into the artistic process of our resident artists, an opportunity to ask questions, and a chance to see what it’s like living at TOM House.
TAILPIECE
The next TUFF party will take place on Saturday 26th August.
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