Tom of Finland
Tom's Saloon Embroidered Patch
£9
An embroidered patch featuring the work of Tom of Finland, exclusive to House of Voltaire
Dimensions
11 x 6 cm
Finishing
Embroidered patch
Tom of Finland, 'Untitled', 1962. From the Atlantic Model Guild 'The Tattooed Sailor' series. © 1962 Tom of Finland Foundation.Courtesy the Tom of Finland Foundation
About The Artwork
This embroidered patch features a mural Tom of Finland designed for a US branch of 'Tom’s Saloon’, and has been made exclusively for House of Voltaire to coincide with Studio Voltaire’s major exhibition Beryl Cook / Tom of Finland, bringing together the work of these two cultural icons for the very first time.
About Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen, b.1920- d.1991) has been the subject of numerous solo and two-person exhibitions, including ‘Beryl Cook/Tom of Finland’ at Studio Voltaire, as well as Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Gallery X Tokyo and Osaka, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Artists Space New York Kunsthalle Helsinki and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. Key group exhibitions include ARoS Aarhus Art Museum Denmark, Kunsthal Charlottenborg Copenhagen, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Institute of Contemporary Art London and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation New York.
His work is in the permanent collections of institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and SFMOMA, San Francisco.