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"PISS + BLOOD & SPUNK" Exhibit at Tom of Finland Foundation

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Courtesy of the artist ![Courtesy of the artist](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a266_--10EsparzaPissJar.jpeg) Courtesy of the artist Question: _Can a jar of piss be a self portrait?_  Or even further: _Can a jar of piss be art?_ According to Ruben Esparza’s “Piss + Blood & Spunk” multimedia exhibit, it most definitely can. At the Tom Finland Foundation, Esparza fuses the creative minds of artists with his own knack for curating, to synergize cross-referential artworks. Be prepared for a visceral insight into the more gritty markers of the LGBTQ+ community of the 90s, from AIDS tropes, phallocentrism, and bodily fluids, revitalized to the contemporary Trumpian zeitgeist. Besides Esparza’s self-portrait jar of piss, the exhibit features erotic queer polaroids, homoeroticized whimsical adorations of the penis, collage artworks taken from fast-disappearing porn magazines, and more! “Piss + Blood & Spunk” is a commentary heralded by hardcore queer obscenity from another time, brought back into this internet age. The Tom Finland Foundation is a international hub of enlightenment celebrating the vast catalog of Tom of Finland and all forms of sex-positive art. The exhibit opens this Saturday night, June 8, with a reception from 7 to 10 pm. --01EsparzaGloves.jpg ![--01EsparzaGloves.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2ba_--01EsparzaGloves.jpeg) --11EsparzaAutodrawings.jpg ![--11EsparzaAutodrawings.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2c7_--11EsparzaAutodrawings.jpeg) --02EsparzaFATA.jpg ![--02EsparzaFATA.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2b6_--02EsparzaFATA.jpeg) --04EsparzaSantana.jpg ![--04EsparzaSantana.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2da_--04EsparzaSantana.jpeg) --05EsparzaCollage.jpg ![--05EsparzaCollage.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2cb_--05EsparzaCollage.jpeg) --09aEsparzaPolaroidsAll.jpg ![--09aEsparzaPolaroidsAll.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2ce_--09aEsparzaPolaroidsAll.jpeg) --08EsparzaDigitalFlux.jpg ![--08EsparzaDigitalFlux.jpg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b7aa53cc0c6d5cc3a2d4_--08EsparzaDigitalFlux.jpeg)