RICK CASTRO: ALLTOGETHER

 

AllTogether

 by Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community

 supported by Diesel

 Studio Cannaregio (VENICE)

 and The Community Centre (PANTIN – PARIS)

 starts 23.04 ends 26.06.2022

   AllTogether by Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community 

supported by Diesel On the occasion of Tom of Finland’s birthday (8 May 1920), Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community have curated AllTogether, a group exhibition supported by Diesel, presenting Tom of Finland Foundation’s permanent collection to the public for the first time outside of Los Angeles. 

 AllTogether explores the erotic art collection consisting of thousands of artworks, spanning multiple decades and encompassing all media and techniques. This exhibition is possible because of the Foundation’s efforts in preserving the work of queer artists, many of whom have faced discrimination and misrepresentation due to the nature of what they create. 

 For over thirty years, Tom of Finland Foundation has been building the world’s most extensive collection of LGBTQ+ art. Durk Dehner and Tom of Finland cofounded Tom of Finland Foundation in 1984 with the aim to better preserve and promote Tom’s work. 

However, quickly the Foundation’s role extended to promoting and archiving the works of other queer artists: the early years of Foundation coincided with the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Many erotic artists of the time, some working anonymously throughout their career, were concerned that their work would be forgotten or destroyed after their deaths. Thus, they donated their life’s work to Foundation, knowing it would be carefully archived and their stories preserved.

 AllTogether acknowledges the profound social and cultural impact Tom’s Foundation has made, in providing an open, unique space of freedom and love for this community of artists.  Usually witnessed hung on the walls of TOM House in Los Angeles, the diverse curation highlights the stories of over seventy featured artists. AllTogether inaugurates at Studio Cannaregio in Venice, Italy, on 23 April coinciding with the opening weekend of the Venice Biennale. 

A second distinct exhibition will open at The Community Centre in Paris on 8 May. Both run through 26 June. The two shows comprise more than two hundred works of art from the 1940s to the present day.  “It’s always has been my vision to have an international exhibition with the amazing artists from the Foundation’s rich collection. That day has arrived and I am very pleased it has come to fruition thanks to The Community and Glenn Martens of Diesel.” — Durk Dehner, President and Cofounder of Tom of Finland Foundation

  AllTogether encapsulates the bonds of community where interchange inspires others to create or collect art that represents their own definition of beauty. 

 VENICE Studio Cannaregio 23 April to 26 June 2022 Calle de le Conterie, 1345/D, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy

  PARIS The Community Centre 8 May to 26 June 2022 Opening: Saturday, 7 May 2022 9 Rue Méhul, 93500 Pantin, France  

On the occasion of the exhibition, Tom of Finland Foundation, The Community and Diesel will publish a fully illustrated catalogue with an introduction by curator Sini Rinne-Kanto,

 an essay by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, 

 interviews by Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Michael Bullock, and Miss Rosen with Durk Dehner, Gio Black Pete, Rick Castro, Silvia Prada, and Stanley Stellar.  

ARTISTS

  A. J. Epstein

 Al Urabn Andre

 Annie Sprinke

 Attila Richard Lukacs 

 Aurélien Nobécourt-Arras

 Bastille Benôit Prévot 

Bob Mizer 

Bruce Rapp

 Carrington Galen 

Chris Johnson 

Dave Pibel

 Domino

 Don Bachardy

 E.M.A. Studio

 Emma Kohlmann

 Etienne

 Florian Hetz

 George Quaintance

 Gio Black Peter

 Goh Mishima

 Gregory Maskwa 

Heather Benjamin

 Hector Silva

 Hiroshi Shimoyama 

Jay Jorgensen

 Jean Ferraro 

Jess Scott

 Jim French 

Jim Shaw

 John Waters

 Johnny Smith

 Kenny Knutson

 Kenneth Anger

 Link

 Marcel Alcalá

 Marcello Lupetti

 Matt Lambert

 Michael Kirwan

 Michael Reynolds & Martyn Thompson 

Michel Laguerre

 Miguel Angel Reyes

 Mike Kuchar

 Minoru 

Mr Gruts

 Nigel Kent 

Olaf Orsen 

Palanca 

Patrick Lee 

Peter Berlin 

Philip Core

 Phuc Le

 R. Daniel Foster

 Rex

 Rick Castro

 Rinaldo Hopf 

Rob Clarke

 Sal Salandra

 Seth Bogart 

Sheree Rose

 Silvia Prada

 Simon Haas

 Slava Mogutin

 Stanley Stellar

 Steven Reigns

 Stuart Sandford

 Sultan

 Susanna Luoto

 Suzanne Shifflett

 Tank 

Teddy of Paris

 The Hun

 Tom of Finland 

Valentine 

Victor Arimondi

 Viktoria Raykova

 Xavier Gicquel