Dirty Pictures
Dirty Pictures
About this book
"The art of Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), famous throughout the world as Tom of Finland, has had an impact upon the culture at large. In this study, Micha Ramakers explores the work and its effect. Illustrated with more than eighty drawings and photographs, Dirty Pictures is lively and entertaining. It encompasses the rise of the gay movement, the world of fine art, the function and functioning of pornography, and the impact of the artist known as Tom of Finland."--BOOK JACKET.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL478102W
Subjects
Criticism and interpretationErotic drawingGay men in artSex in artGay erotic artGay artistsEroticaErotic artFinnish Erotic drawingMale homosexuality in artLeather lifestyle in art