Elliott Sharp ha contibuito brevemente anche alla realizzazione di Daddy and the Muscle Academy, documento sulla vita e le opere di Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), universalmente noto come Tom of Finland, autore nel secolo scorso di immagini di grande e gioioso appeal erotico dal fortissimo impatto socioculturale, oltre che artistico. Le musiche sono disponibili a sé stanti in formato digitale presso Bandcamp e presenti naturalmente nell'omonimo dvd - di non facile reperibilità, però rintracciabile tramite Vimeo - prodotto da Kino Lorber l'anno stesso della morte dell'artista, intervistato appena in tempo dal regista Ilppo Pohjola.
Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen, b. 1920, d. 1991) is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists for his groundbreaking representation of the male figure. In his youth, Tom trained at an advertising school, but what he would come to call his “dirty drawings,” which he first began developing as a teenager, were the true focus of his attention, both during this formative period and throughout the entirety of his life. These masterful renderings of virile men engrossed in acts of homoerotic desire can be approached along several interpretative lines - art historical, social, technical - but each of them points to the revolutionary nature of his project. A master draftsman, whose passion for both his medium and his subject matter enabled him to become a powerful cultural force, Tom gave form to an imaginative universe that in turn helped fuel real-world liberation movements and enabled gay men to access their strength in new ways. Tom’s drawings reaffirm the centrality of sexuality, joy, and the body in all areas of human endeavor.
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