In celebration of his birthday and Pride Month, Tom of Finland Vodka has created “Tom’s 101st Birthday Photo Competition and Charity Auction.” Ten finalists have been chosen from submissions by photographers and are showcased on the Tom of Finland Vodka Instagram page from June 11th through July 6th. As an artist he was superb, as an influence he was transcendent.” Shipley Miller, said, “Tom of Finland is one of the five most influential artists of the twentieth century. The trustee of The Judith Rothschild Foundation, Harvey S. Solo exhibitions of his work have been hugely popular in galleries and museums from Tokyo to Stockholm, from Berlin to Madrid. New York’s Museum of Modern Art has several pieces in their permanent collection. The importance of his work has progressively been recognized more and more in the late 20th into the 21st century. He was sex-positive decades before the term was invented. His stylized and exaggerated images of masculine men being joyfully erotic changed the way that many gay men saw themselves and their sexuality. ![]() ![]() ![]() A pioneer of LGBTQ and erotic arts, Tom of Finland not only pushed the boundaries of homoerotic art and censorship in the 1950s and 60s, but his images became intertwined with gay culture and the gay aesthetic of the 1970s until present day. The artist known as Tom of Finland would have turned 101 this year.
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