I mentioned in another thread some time ago that Tom deserves his own thread. I will not be able to afford the heavy weight XXL book, but I will definitely pick up this one. And I hope that the "vol I" in the title means that there will be more to come...
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/sex/all/46708/facts.tom_of_finland_the_comics_volume_i.htm
Masterpiece.
Get this as well:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104045/
http://www.turku2011.fi/ohjelmahanke/88/info
I couldnt make the text turn in to swedish? its in the upper right corner, anyhow för vuxna tolv euro+ the ferry(heh heh) shouldnt be too expencive. opening next sunday but ill save my visit for the summer months.
Quote from: tiny_tove on January 13, 2011, 02:13:04 PM
Masterpiece.
Get this as well:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104045/
For a long while the only place in town to see this film was a porn shop around the corner but they only had it for rental in the booths and it was ridiculously expensive to rent. I wanted to do a review of the film, watching in a wank both with the others punters jacking of next door, glory holes etc. It seemed like a fitting surrounding to see the film. My editor at the time didn't like the idea a bit and refuse to pay for the cost....
TOM OF FINLAND RETROSPECTIVE 16.1.-18.12.2011
The legendary homoerotic works of Tom of Finland have become iconic stereotypes of masculine gay men throughout the world. Many people will be surprised to learn that arguably the most internationally acclaimed Finnish artist comes from Kaarina, a neighbouring town to Turku. Now, Tom of Finland alias Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991) is coming home!
The Homotopia organisation (from Liverpool in the UK) will provide Turku with an extensive collection of Tom of Finland's works, from sketches made during his early years to later works. The works in the exhibition will come from the Tom of Finland Foundation collection in Los Angeles. Along with the exhibition, public lectures will take place on queer culture and its associated visual arts.
http://www.turku2011.fi/en/event/tom-of-finland_en (http://www.turku2011.fi/en/event/tom-of-finland_en)
Latest episode of the Simpsons had a Tom of Finland joke! "Tom of Shelbyville", ha ha!
HA! I caught that on The Simpsons.
There were a couple of other artists I remember doing extreme work. The Hun from Portland OR did a lot of ape-like men eating shit, fisting, etc. & there was Martin of Holland who did videos and art like The Hun. They were more crude than Tom in style & content.
One of daily tabloids in finland had headline "IS THIS PORN?" couple of days ago. And article about "parents" wondering why there is no age restrictions on the museum for this exhibition. Curator commented that she doesn't think children would be interested. I'd like to see the parents who take their children to museum to see Tom of Finland and then complain about it!
Is this porn? Well, not sure if it includes the totally hc works, but one could assume that's exactly what it is?
Nowadays you see sometimes that Like publishers Tom of Finland hardcover book in discount bins. Black leather type cover with silver foil texts/images on cover and related to exhibition some years ago which included mainly stuff from Finnish private collectors = previously unseen works/sketches/alternative versions.. you also could see the method of the drawing, where he would have rough sketch of image, then re-make of same with more detail, but then finally 3rd piece with the trademark ultra detailed and smooth. Versions would happen of different paper.
They're making a movie about Tom of Finland!
Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK8rcXkQrFI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK8rcXkQrFI)
To all you philatelists out there: Tom of Finland to appear on stamps in September
QuoteIn September-October 2014, Itella Posti will release seven new sets of stamps, containing a total of 33 new designs. It is a great collection to choose from; the subjects of the new stamps include male drawings by Tom of Finland, autumnal yard and garden scenes painted by Urpo Martikainen, and Jaakko Tähti's photos of Finnish bridges. Other subjects for the end-of-the-year stamps include signs of sky and the change in everyday Finland - and, of course, Christmas.
http://www.itella.fi/group/english/current/2014/20140413_stamps.html (http://www.itella.fi/group/english/current/2014/20140413_stamps.html)
(http://www.itella.fi/tiedotteet/images/2014/20140413_tom_of_finland_180.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/MzADsKb.jpg)
Pointillist pervert REX (http://rexwerk.com/) exhibition in Amsterdam between April 4 - May 1.
There was a book of REX artwork published in Germany in 2012. I haven't seen the book myself just yet, and people are saying that the repro is flawed... we'll see... better than no book at all, I guess.
http://www.amazon.com/Verboten-Rex/dp/3867874220
The REX book is not that expensive + well worth the price... they screwed up + left out a whole page, the kind of stuff that would make most publishers withdraw the book and print a new ed I guess. No big deal though.
They should have included the one with two guys + a dog + this one
(http://i.imgur.com/z6ZAChr.jpg)
Speaking of Martin of Holland -- since his death in 2011, the web page + all contents are gone. If anyone has any of his art in magazines or if you saved any pics from his site, please get in touch with me.
OK, might have to take the ferry over to Helsinki soon...
http://www.worldoftomoffinland.com/tomsblog/?p=12994
Who the hell is THOR OF SWEDEN???
the lady at the post office said that most people who buy TOF stamps giggle in amusement... hihi!!
You guys know Mavado Charon? Blog name is accurate.
http://dirtycharon.tumblr.com/
You should sign up for this kickstarter thing. I'm not a big fan of crowdfunding, but I went ahead and supported the project. You should too, because I want this to happen.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1618841907/dirty-drawings-of-mavado-charon
A cologne? I dunno, man...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChVqY12U0AAC5BI.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0guW724ds
Martin of Holland "The Brown Book"
The music in that vid is hilarious
Quote from: KMusselman on July 17, 2017, 07:07:50 AM
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on July 16, 2017, 03:03:32 AM
Martin of Holland "The Brown Book"
probably not the best book to have on your coffee table when guests come over!
Oh, I don't know...
I watched the first one. You have to feel somewhat sad for guys like that academic. Caught up in lamentations about how under represented your fetish is in the politically correct milieu you find so constrictive in the first place. Perhaps it's just my white hetero privilege, but I'll never understand the mentality which needs to make a public social and political statement about kinks which are totally based upon private, wrong, mucky fun. Maybe the sad truth is that most people don't need a street party to inform them of whether or not they'd like to try smothering themselves in shit and he'd be out of a job if the conversation was that simple.
https://tomoffinlandstore.com/
Quick reply -- the Brown Book is GREAT, in just that it exists. I think it has some flaws, strange decisions on repro sizes, some images starting off on one right hand page and continuing on the next page... idiotic, and just weird. But the book is packed with filth -- heavy focus on the later years of Martin, not as much 70's material as hoped for... moan... The essays are all in English -- one of them written by REX -- all worth reading. The flaws that I see are perhaps mostly reflecting my personal aesthetics, so why would that deter you from buying the book? This is exactly the kind of publishing endeavour that I respect -- material that needs exposure, no fundraiser, no print on demand crap... so yeah, I STRONGLY encourage anyone interested to buy a copy of the book. Bound to be a modern classic... The publisher have hinted that there is possibility for a Bastille book in the future, which would of course be most welcome.
http://www.homowebmuseum.nl/crap/Martin/artMAuncensored.html
I use to own a M.O.H. video I bought from a NJ zine that was mainly about trucker-restroom sex. I don't remember much about the video other than it was smearing & eating.
It lacked the sheer depravity of the one scat video I've seen by Christopher Rage. I think the M.O.H. video had some 'arty' type scenes along with some of his artwork.
Where is all of this type of stuff on the internet? There has to be others making videos, etc. even if they're for streaming or download.
I wish all of the Chris Rage videos were available. Seems like they could release them all uncensored. Supposedly, Live Video re-edited them. What was edited out, I have no idea. When Live went out of business, Third World Kink took over & sold the one scat video I have seen but now they're out of business (they had some pretty sleazy releases!).
There also was T.O.F./M.O.H.-type artwork by Bill Schmeling, a.k.a. "The Hun" but I haven't run across a site with much of his artwork. He use to advertise in Jack's Number Two.
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on July 19, 2017, 07:45:39 PM
http://www.homowebmuseum.nl/crap/Martin/artMAuncensored.html
I use to own a M.O.H. video I bought from a NJ zine that was mainly about trucker-restroom sex. I don't remember much about the video other than it was smearing & eating.
It lacked the sheer depravity of the one scat video I've seen by Christopher Rage. I think the M.O.H. video had some 'arty' type scenes along with some of his artwork.
Where is all of this type of stuff on the internet? There has to be others making videos, etc. even if they're for streaming or download.
I wish all of the Chris Rage videos were available. Seems like they could release them all uncensored. Supposedly, Live Video re-edited them. What was edited out, I have no idea. When Live went out of business, Third World Kink took over & sold the one scat video I have seen but now they're out of business (they had some pretty sleazy releases!).
There also was T.O.F./M.O.H.-type artwork by Bill Schmeling, a.k.a. "The Hun" but I haven't run across a site with much of his artwork. He use to advertise in Jack's Number Two.
Brown Mass aka Brown aka Heshey's Kisses wasn't the easiest thing to sit through but couldn't turn it off for some reason.. There's a part two. Would make a good double DVD or VHS set. NO wonder he died of AIDS.
There's also a few compilations by Moss Garcia called the Fist Pig series but I can't track those down anywhere. A bunch of Christopher Rage's stuff is on there.