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However, it’s important not to separate Tom of Finland’s drawings from the historical context in which he created them. His influential drawings of men in leather and biker outfits helped to inspire the popular Gay Clone look that Freddie Mercury and Frankie Goes to Hollywood adopted and brought into the mainstream, but also made his work appear exclusionary to other queer factions. Art historian Dr James Hicks says Tom of Finland is sometimes overlooked in the mainstream art world because “his work is dangerous and is meant to be dangerous”.Įqually, Tom of Finland’s deification of a certain type of gay man – muscular and avowedly masculine – hasn’t necessarily endeared him to all corners of the LGBTQ community. Some early Tom of Finland illustrations depicting soldiers in Nazi uniforms are also inherently problematic. Many of his illustrations show men with heavily muscled torsos and surreally large genitalia engaging gleefully in sex acts. Curator Olivia Ahmad says the show, produced in collaboration with the Tom of Finland Foundation on the centenary of Laaksonen’s birth, is necessary because he’s “one of the most influential figurative artists of the late 20th Century”.Īt the same time, Tom of Finland is still more of a cult figure than a household name like Andy Warhol (who owned several of his pieces) because his art remains incredibly provocative, especially to the straight male gaze. And this month, the UK’s first public exhibition dedicated solely to his work opened at London’s House of Illustration (though the gallery is currently closed due to the Coronavirus crisis). In 2014, the Finnish postal service even celebrated his impact with a set of commemorative postage stamps. The Tom of Finland Foundation has championed Laaksonen’s work so effectively that it’s now displayed at leading galleries including New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His posthumous success has undoubtedly been bolstered by the fact that in 1984, towards the end of his life, Laaksonen founded a non-profit foundation with his friend Durk Dehner to preserve and promote his catalogue of more than 3,500 illustrations. But nevertheless, his more explicit work retains an unwavering capacity to shock. It’s also become a globally recognised brand to the extent that you can now buy a Tom of Finland tea towel on Amazon. His hyper-masculine aesthetic has influenced Freddie Mercury, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Village People, fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, and photographers Robert Mapplethorpe and Bruce Weber.
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His work, which he liked to call ‘dirty drawings’, first found an audience on the gay underground in the 1950s and 1960s, but since then has edged ever closer to mainstream acceptance. For more than 50 years until his death in 1991, the artist better known as ‘Tom of Finland’ drew gay men in a way that was radical: his muscular young hunks were happy, playful and unashamedly sexual, without being menacing. Furthermore, some characters might slip from my mind since I watched some anime series/movies a long time ago or they are new and I haven’t yet put myself into the adventure of watching them.Touko Laaksonen’s groundbreaking gay erotic art has made him a global icon. Because of that, this list is the product of my personal taste, opinion and preference. Also, Kagami usually wears a black suit and a tie that looks great on him! DISCLAIMER!Įven though I tried to take into a consideration average preference on top hot anime guys, I was still somewhat subjective while making this list. Some say he has dark blue eyes, while he has a gray color of eyes. Kogami is tall, muscular, and has short messy black hair. He is cool-headed, has sharp instincts, is very serious while working on the case while still having a sense of humor. He is a very skilled detective, a former Inspector, and an Enforcer of the Public Safety Bureau’s Division 1. Such an appearance, such an attitude, such a man! Truly my choice and my type! Shinya is the main character in the anime and manga “Psycho-Pass” season one. Shinya Kogami is a golden man, in my opinion.
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It is Shinya Kogami! Although I know most of you would put our second place character Gojo Satoru in the first place I had to stay true to myself. The first place, the gold one in this massive list of hot anime guys.