He Shoots, He Scores

Nothing excites the news desk like nude hockey players. Okay, perhaps a juicy library board meeting. Today, my story on Kurt Kauper, and his imagined nude portraits of retired Bruins legend Bobby Orr, can be found here.

There's also a slide show.

Kauper's gallery also has a slideshow for the exhibition. The pictures there are, ahem, a bit more complete.

An added note of interest that didn't make the piece.

Kauper told me that he sought, and received, permission from the Pro Hockey Hall of Fame to reproduce the images (non-nudes) he found on hockey cards.

For example, here's Orr's 1971-72 card.

Here's Kauper's painting.