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Tom of Finland

Country: Finland, Language: English, 10 mins

  • Director: Mies Mikkonen
  • Writer: Mies Mikkonen
  • Producer: Outi Hyytinen

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Tom of Finland - for those of you who don't know - drew exaggerated, dirty pictures of gay men. Pencil drawn porn.

In this - thankfully - short film, we meet a muse and a lover of Tom - he is as interesting as lettuce.

Tom's 'work' is an acquired taste - a taste that is disappearing with time and that's not a bad thing.


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The(ir) Blurb...

The year-long exhibition of legendary gay artist Tom of Finland ended in December 2011 attracting a record audience of 90,000 to the logomo space where it was presented for the year long EoCC programme. The exhibition which opened in January 2011 was part of the official programme for Turku European Capital of Culture 2011 and presented by Homotopia in partnership with Turku 2011 Foundation and the Tom of Finland Foundation Los Angeles. The exhibition was a key highlight of the Homotopia Festival when Liverpool was European Capital of Culture in 2008 attracting record audiences of 7000. The major retrospective of works on paper with 70 rare and iconic drawings from (1944-1989) on special loan from the permanent collection of the Tom of Finland Foundation Los Angeles.

Cast & Characters

Durk Dehner as Himself