THE BODY IS THE INSTRUMENT

Stuart Sandford, in conjunction with Dr. Evan Goldstein of Bespoke Surgical, is pleased to announce a benefit exhibition at TOM House in Los Angeles titled The Body Is The Instrument, from May 8th through May 31st 2019, and online via Paddle8.

Curated by Stuart Sandford, The Body Is The Instrument focuses on the interconnection between art, sex, and science, and presents a group of emerging, established, and influential queer artists working with the male form across multiple disciplines, including photography, sculpture, painting, moving image, and collage. The exhibition opening reception coincides with the birthday of Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen), whose libidinal foresight impacted gay culture around the world and transcended pornography to become fine art. Coming together with Dr. Evan Goldstein was a natural fit as his focus at Bespoke Surgical is not only the intersection of sex and science, but also treating the ass as a work of art. The exhibition will benefit the Tom of Finland Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Educational Archive.

Cover picture by Florian Hetz.

Link to the auction: https://paddle8.com/auction/tom-of-finland

By clicking to the names, you can visit the creator’s instagram feed.

Rubén Esparza: Work that body Pink Pony & Untitled
Mark Beard: Sailors Kissing
Gabe Cortese: ‘Beach film’ – details
Simon Haas: Self Portrait with duct tape 1
Brandon Herman: Untitled & Untitled triptych 
Stuart Sandfrod: Alejandro
Matt Lambert: Foot Face Fuck
Gio Black Peter: Granada & Goodbye Everybody
Florian Hetz: Untitled (asshole)
Adam Chuck: Man in the Sun & Resting or Waiting
Matt Lambert: Trickle
Tom of Finland: Vitruvian Man
Florian Hetz: Untitled (shoulders)

Link to the auction: https://paddle8.com/auction/tom-of-finland