City of Westminster
London SW1Y 5AH
UK
12pm – Durk Dehner in conversation with Dominic Johnson
Durk Dehner (Tom of Finland Foundation) and Dominic Johnson (Queen Mary, University of London) give a contemporary perspective of the context in which Tom of Finland was working, from his peers.
Break
2pm – From the Margins to the Mainstream
Fiona Anderson (University of York), Adrian Rifkin, and exhibiting artist Cary Kwok explore the appropriation of the imagery of marginalised queer sexual cultures into the more mainstream art world, via Tom of Finland.
3.15pm – Philip Aarons in conversation with Raymond Cha
In the context of the historical import of serial publications and printed matter in relation to the dissemination of queer culture, especially as an integral element of Tom of Finland’s early practice, Philip Aarons (author of Queer ‘Zines) and Raymond Cha discuss the recent second edition of Queer ‘Zines. Followed by a book signing.