Enjoy all the talent of Tom of Finland with this elegant, oversized edition with more than 1,000 drawings, illustrations and sketches, Many of them previously unpublished. Essays on Tom's social and personal impact by Camille Paglia, John Waters, Armistead Maupin, Todd Oldham, and others, as well as a scholarly analysis of individual drawings by art historian Edward Lucie-Smith, complete this oversized volume.
In 2009, TASCHEN published the definitive collection of Tom's work: Tom of Finland XXL, a beautiful and enormous collector's edition with a thousand images spanning 60 years of the artist's careerThe work was compiled from collections in the United States and Europe, in collaboration with the Tom of Finland Foundation, and includes many unpublished drawings, illustrations and sketches. Other images had been shown, but without context, and in that volume they were presented in the sequential order arranged by Tom so that everything could be appreciated. the artistic value and erotic impact of his work.
This elegant oversized book admired all facets of Tom's talent with sensitive portraits of explicit sexual pleasure, passing through tender expressions of love and striking tributes to young people with AIDS. To complete the presentation, eight texts specially commissioned by Camille Paglia, John Waters, Armistead Maupin and Todd Oldham, among others, on Tom's personal and social impact, as well as a rigorous analysis of each of the drawings made by the art historian Edward Lucie-Smith.
The only thing that was missing Tom of Finland XXL It was a cheaper price, but we've already fixed that. The new Tom of Finland XXL It's still big enough to work your biceps, and includes all the original content, but it costs a fraction of the original price. A pleasure.
Book details:
- Editorial: Bags
- Language: Multilingual (German, French, English)
- Hardcover: 666 pages
- Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.2 cm
- Weight: 3.67 kg
- ISBN 978-3-8365-2724-8
