{"product_id":"tom-of-finland-xxl-multilingual-edition","title":"Tom of Finland XXL (Multilingual Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1998  TASCHEN introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure. Prior to that  Laaksonen  better known as Tom of Finland  enjoyed an intense cult following in the international gay community but was largely unknown to a broader audience.  In 2009  TASCHEN followed up with the ultimate Tom overview: Tom of Finland XXL  a beautiful big collectors edition with over 1 000 images  covering six decades of the artists career. The work was gathered from collections across the United States and Europe with the help of the Tom of Finland Foundation  featuring many drawings  paintings  and sketches never previously reproduced. Other images had only been seen out of context and were finally presented in the sequential order Tom intended for full artistic appreciation and erotic impact.  The elegant oversized volume showed the full range of Toms talent  from sensitive portraits to frank sexual pleasure to tender expressions of love and haunting tributes to young men struck down by AIDS  and was completed by eight commissioned essays on Toms social and personal impact by Camille Paglia  John Waters  Armistead Maupin  Todd Oldham  and others  plus a scholarly analysis of individual drawings by art historian Edward Lucie-Smith.  The only thing missing from Tom of Finland XXL was a widely affordable price taguntil now. The new Tom of Finland XXL is still big enough to work your biceps  and includes all of the original content  but costs a fraction of the original price. Youre welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946025021493,"sku":"ByrdShop_3836527243","price":209.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783836527248.jpg?v=1769919884","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tom-of-finland-xxl-multilingual-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}