Male sex appeal prior to that Brando moment had been limited to men in suits for the most part. In a black leather jacket and white T-shirt, jeans, boots and cap, Brando quickly became the visage of rebellion around the world: not just Eisenhower’s conservative, post-war America, but in the artist’s native Finland as well. The 1953 film features Brando as Johnny Strabler, leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club. TOM OF FINLAND Leather Brotherhood, 1980, Lithograph ©1980 Tom of Finland FoundationĪ lightbulb went off when artist Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen, 1920-1991) saw stills of Marlon Brando in The Wild One. Tom of Finland’s art became an iconic part of the gay visual vocabulary during its time.
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