Sex-Positive Photo Contest Celebrates Life of Ground-Breaking Artist, Raising Funds for His Foundation During Pride Month
LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The finalists have been chosen for the 2022 Tom of Finland Photo Competition and Charity public sale, celebrating one of the most-influential artists of the twentieth century throughout Pride Month. Sponsored by Tom of Finland Organic Vodka®, the competition has been narrowed right down to gorgeous, provocative photos from seven photographers – all that continues to be now could be the ultimate vote!
For the competitors, artists have been requested to create a contemporary interpretation of Tom of Finland’s well-known artwork which spanned from the mid Fifties to the early Nineties, actually a primary of its sort in celebrating homosexual sexuality in a constructive, affirming, and unashamed style. Tom of Finland’s work has impressed numerous artists and entertainers, together with Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Freddie Mercury, Jean Paul Gaultier and George Michael. Photographers making it to the ultimate spherical of the competitors embrace:
Finalist photographs from the artists could be discovered HERE.
Through June 20, every artist could have their work featured on the Tom of Finland Organic Vodka Instagram website: https://www.instagram.com/tomoffinlandvodka/ On July 1, two winners might be chosen – a Jury Winner and an Audience Winner. The public votes for the Audience Winner by commenting on the social media put up that includes the {photograph} with the phrase VOTE and #YourTomIsDisplaying. The Jury Winner is chosen by a judging panel which incorporates representatives from Tom of Finland Organic Vodka and different artists.
Winners will obtain $1,000 for their work, in addition to the $500 every finalist obtained for getting into the competitors. Following the voting, all of the finalist images might be listed on charity public sale website CharityBuzz with all proceeds going to the Tom of Finland Foundation.
“It’s an exciting proposition to asks today’s contemporary artists to reimagine and celebrate the work of such an important artist not only to the gay community, but the entire world of contemporary art,” stated Olli Hietalahti, CEO of Spirit of Tom and co-creator of Tom of Finland Organic Vodka. “The finalists have captured the very essence and ethos of Tom of Finland’s art. It’s very important to us that Tom’s work lives on for generations to enjoy and explore, making the support of the Tom of Finland Foundation all the more critical.”
About Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920-1991) is broadly thought to be one of the 20 th century’s most influential artists for his groundbreaking illustration of the male determine. In his youth, Tom educated at an promoting faculty, however what he would come to name his “dirty drawings,” which he first started growing as a youngster, have been the true focus of his consideration, each throughout this formative interval and all through everything of his life. These masterful renderings of virile males engrossed in acts of homoerotic need could be approached alongside a number of interpretative strains—artwork historic, social, technical—however every of them factors to the revolutionary nature of his mission. A grasp draftsman, whose ardour for each his medium and his material enabled him to grow to be a strong cultural pressure, Tom gave kind to an imaginative universe that in flip helped gas real-world liberation actions and enabled homosexual males to entry their power in new methods. Tom’s drawings reaffirm the centrality of sexuality, pleasure, and the physique in all areas of human endeavor.
About the Tom of Finland Foundation
Since 1984, the Tom of Finland Foundation has been devoted to defending, preserving, and selling erotic artwork. Today the Foundation continues to coach the general public in regards to the cultural deserves of erotic artwork, in addition to promote wholesome, tolerant attitudes towards sexuality.
About Tom of Finland Organic Vodka
Tom of Finland Organic Vodka® is distilled at Lignell & Piispanen, the oldest distillery in Finland, from 95% wheat and 5% rye, with water from the encompassing Arctic area. Voted one of the “Top 10 Vodkas of 2020,” 5% of all gross sales return to Tom of Finland Foundation, which relies in Tom House, the Echo Park (Los Angeles) bungalow during which Tom lived his truest years of private expressive freedom. Today, Tom’s work is within the everlasting collections of museums all over the world, together with MOCA and LACMA in Los Angeles, MoMA in New York, SF MOMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, and many extra.
Media Contact
Dave Karraker, Wolf Spirit, 1 4157100245, [email protected]
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