THE STORIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Love, Lust and Freedom is the first major Danish-produced exhibition with a focus on photography as a focal point for stories about living authentically as a queer. The artworks tell multifaceted stories that are about caring for yourself as the person you are, standing up for yourself, your desires and your desires and not least fighting for the right to love who you want - and how you want.
Based on historical material, the exhibition will unfold a wide range of both young and established photographers' depictions of queer love life in all its diversity; from touching coming-of-age stories and quiet glimpses of everyday life to poetic accounts of loneliness and dive into underground cultures that cultivate the uncompromising appetite for life and liberation.
The exhibition presents works by, among others: Samet Durgun, Nan Goldin, Marvel Harris, Florian Hetz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sven Marquardt, Christer Strömholm, Wolfgang Tillmans and Donal Talbot.
Group show at Instinct Berlin
07.09.-16.09.23
Our exhibition, Desire provides a thought-provoking exploration of sexual orientations, gender expressions, and the profound influence of desire on our identities and relationships. We celebrate the diverse spectrum of desire and sexuality while challenging traditional perspectives, ultimately aiming to foster a more inclusive and accepting society.
Drawing inspiration from Michel Foucault's examination of the fluidity of desire, our exhibition seeks to challenge the binary model of gender and embrace a more nuanced understanding of identity. We acknowledge that desire transcends fixed categories and instead acts as a dynamic force that influences how we perceive ourselves and engage with others.
Participating artists:
AntiGonna, Gio Black Peter, Emre Busse, Sacha Cambier de Montravel, Jack Davey, Yves de Brabander, Annique Delphine, Jochen Hass, Florian Hetz, Hinrich Kröger, Bruce LaBruce, Matt Lambert, Mathieu et Léolo, Łukasz Leja, Wayne Lucas, Nicky Miller, Slava Mogutin, Stuart Sandford, Hanna Schaich
Booklet with 41 photos taken during the residency at the Tom of Finland foundation in Los Angeles, January-April 2023
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Phil
Oct 22nd- Nov 12th, Los Angeles
PHIL presents Fruit., a group exhibition curated by Tony Payne, which will open Oct 22nd in West Hollywood. With works by Chivas Clem, Domino, Kim Fisher, Florian Hetz, Jack Pierson, Keith Mayerson, Walker Payne, George Stoll, Tom of Finland, Greta Waller, and Karlheinz Weinberger.
PHIL
OPENING: SATURDAY + SUNDAY OCTOBER 22 - 23. 2022
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as part of UFFICIO DELLA NOTTE
September 23rd - October 15th 2022
Die Diele is pleased to be one of the host partners of UFFICIO DELLA NOTTE.
Die Diele shows «SPECIES» by the berlin based Photographer Florian Hetz
curated by neo seefried and Marcel Hörler
Pleasure – the sharing of joy – affects and connects people. Although certain practices, especially those that conform to non-normative, queer, non-monogamous and non-binary lives, have always been marginalised, criminalised or at least ignored by the institutions of power. Nevertheless the figures of the night have broken the limits of society’s decency. What still remains are questions: Where and how do we talk about pleasure? Which spaces are claimed and by whom? Are safe(r) spaces only dreams of a hidden utopia? To which extent do institutions determine what is sexually allowed/not allowed? And what does all this have to do with care work? In search of answers, UFFICIO DELLA NOTTE presents thirteen artistic positions that are shown in six different art spaces and clubs as well as in public spaces. The exhibition takes place from 23rd and 15th of October 2022 in Zurich and is combined with walks, a pleasure positive party and a panel on the topic of Sexwork.
By zooming in on everyday moments and bodies, Florian Hetz lifts the concrete of the physical and translates it into his own visceral language. His new work SPECIES imagines a new life for sextoys and examines their strange, abstract beauty. Most of those items of use are shamefully hidden away under beds or in drawers. But what happens when we deconstruct sex toys and transform them to give them a new life? Are they still something to be ashamed of, are they still sexual, or do they reveal a new side of themselves?
May 8th - June 26th, Paris, FR
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.
Artists:
J. EPSTEIN, AL URBAN, ANDRE, ANNIE SPRINKLE, 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, and XAVIER GICQUEL.
Diesel continues to position itself as a cultural pioneer with its latest project, a two-pronged partnership with the Tom of Finland Foundation.
Launching to align with Pride Month, the initiative includes a Tom of Finland-inspired capsule collection and a group exhibition, "AllTogether," spotlighting erotic art across several decades.
For the apparel, the Tom of Finland Foundation provided Diesel with a selection of works from its LGBTQIA+ art collection to feature on separates and accessories ranging from denim jackets and shirts to tote bags and underwear.Tom of Finland's famous signature appears emblazoned on tighty-whities, but the beauty of the collection is its celebration of a range of queer artists: pieces by Heather Benjamin, Peter Berlin, Florian Hetz, Michael Kirwan, Silvia Prada, Palanca (AKA Pedro Santillana), and Tank (AKA Paul Tankersley) make an appearance.
As for the exhibition, "AllTogether" highlights over 70 artists who entrusted their work to the Tom of Finland Foundation archive.
PHOTO 2022, Parliament Gardens
April 29th - May 22nd, Melbourne, AUS
HAUT questions the way we look at and perceive the human skin.
May 17th, 7 - 8pm (AEST):
The Body: Personal, Political and Performative.
The body is our container for experiencing the world, it carries our histories, traumas and gifts. It is personal, political and performative. In this conversation we discuss how photographers are using the body as a site of expression and power.
With exhibiting artists Florian Hetz, Thandiwe Muriu, and Honey Long and Prue Stent. Chaired by Naomi Cass, Director Castlemaine Art Museum.
Free, bookings required
Gandel Digital Future Lab ACMI, Fed Square.
Haut is supported by the Goethe-Institut
Studio Cannaregio
April 23th - June 26th, Venezia, IT
A historical group exhibition from the collection of Tom of Finland Foundation. Curated by Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community, proudly supported by Diesel.
AllTogether sets out to convey the individual stories of the artists. At the same time, the exhibition locates parallels, interactions, and influences between Tom of Finland Foundation, Tom’s aesthetic impact, and the community of artists that have formed throughout the years around them. The selection of works considers and shows the treatment of sexuality throughout decades: from the years of censorship, the sexual revolution, the subsequent HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the explosion of information – the expressions have varied between hypermasculine TOM’s Men and dandyish self assertiveness and the motifs featured orgiastic celebration and diabolical queerness. The exhibition also highlights the historical context and the queer experience from midcentury to today, where erotic arts, the intimate encounter of art and pornography, is still navigating between the art world and gay subcultures. In AllTogether, the love of freedom transcends gender and sexuality and allows the elevation of the erotic to high art. – Sini Rinne-Kanto, Curator of The Community
Galerie Cokkie Snoei
March 27th - April 24th, Rotterdam, NL
Beautiful Indiscretions. A group show about the unapologetically indiscreet, chosen by Koes and Cokkie
Heike Kati Barath, Larissa Esvelt, Florian Hetz, Pieter Hugo, Paul Klemann, Sal Salandra, Koes Staassen
Beautiful Indiscretions. A group show about the unapologetically indiscreet, chosen by Koes and Cokkie.
Thinking about discretion we have all known moments in our lives where we had to be discreet; situations where we couldn’t be as forward as we would have wanted, where we might have felt othered by the world around us. ‘Beautiful Indiscretions’ brings together an international group of artists whose work deals with notions of speaking out in a seemingly joyous manner about topics that in the past often remained unseen.
The exhibited works deal with highly personal reflections on themes like identity, sexuality and religion while opposing strict norms set by mainstream society. Each artist succeeds in bringing a skillful approach that doesn’t just confront, but seduces the viewer to engage with what often is deemed to be indiscreet.
Opening: Sunday 27 March between 16:00 and 18:00
Cokkie Snoei | Mauritsweg 55 3012 JX Rotterdam | + 31 (0) 10 41 29 274