Score! Bobby Orr!

[wickedwritah]

A New York art exhibit is featuring nude paintings of Bobby Orr and several other former NHL players, none who posed.

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2007/11/29/in_artists_vision_an_icon_in_the_flesh/?page=full

Not everyone is a fan. Orr didn't return calls about the paintings. And former Bruin Brad Park, who played briefly alongside Sanderson and Orr and looked at the works online, said he "would not walk across the street to view this art."

"I see a picture of Bobby with some genitals, and a picture of Turk with some genitals. That's hard to take," said Park. "I definitely would think Bobby would be uncomfortable with it. Derek, in his heyday, would have posed for it."

 

[hockeybeat]

A New York art exhibit is featuring nude paintings of Bobby Orr and several other former NHL players, none who posed.

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2007/11/29/in_artists_vision_an_icon_in_the_flesh/?page=full

Not everyone is a fan. Orr didn't return calls about the paintings. And former Bruin Brad Park, who played briefly alongside Sanderson and Orr and looked at the works online, said he "would not walk across the street to view this art."

"I see a picture of Bobby with some genitals, and a picture of Turk with some genitals. That's hard to take," said Park. "I definitely would think Bobby would be uncomfortable with it. Derek, in his heyday, would have posed for it."

Orr's pretty much a recluse, often opting not to talk about himself or the game. I cannot imagine he's very happy right now.

 

[Mayfly]

Flash is already in line.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Unfortunately, Ken Dryden is now standing in front of the painting.

 

[hockeybeat]

Mercifully, there isn't a clamoring for a nude Dave Schultz portrait.

 

[Birdscribe]

Mercifully, there isn't a clamoring for a nude Dave Schultz portrait.

Or Tiger Williams, the Missing Link.

How is it possible to have a head shaped like that? It defies not only geometry, but anatomy.

 

[hockeybeat]

Mercifully, there isn't a clamoring for a nude Dave Schultz portrait.

Or Tiger Williams, the Missing Link.

How is it possible to have a head shaped like that? It defies not only geometry, but anatomy.

See Kidd, T.J.

 

[Flash]

Flash is already in line.

Hmmmm ... I never found Orr to be hot in a 'damn, I'd like to see that nekkid' kind of way.

Now Stevie, on the other hand ...

This quote from Park made laugh:

"I see a picture of Bobby with some genitals, and a picture of Turk with some genitals. That's hard to take," said Park.

 

[Boomer7]

Flash is already in line.

Hmmmm ... I never found Orr to be hot in a 'damn, I'd like to see that nekkid' kind of way.

Now Stevie, on the other hand ...

This quote from Park made laugh:

"I see a picture of Bobby with some genitals, and a picture of Turk with some genitals. That's hard to take," said Park.

Yeah, like Park never saw his teammates 'nads before. I'm sure the old Garden had separate shower stalls in the dressing room, with a loofah and body wash in each.

You left out the best part of Park's quote: "I definitely would think Bobby would be uncomfortable with it. Derek, in his heyday, would have posed for it."

Meanwhile, this story sums up the Bruins quite well. Thirty-five years ago, they were so great they inspired straight men to paint them nude decades later. Now, they wouldn't be recognized in a T station.

 

[JR]

Flash is waiting for Mike Ricci.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Does the painting of Orr have him flying through the air, his stick extending upward?

 

[Mayfly]

Does the painting of Orr have him flying through the air, his stick extending upward?

Don't you mean downward?

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Does the painting of Orr have him flying through the air, his stick extending upward?

Don't you mean downward?

figuring the painter would go with the rising stick, if you know what I mean; even if that required some artistic license...

 

[Mayfly]

Does the painting of Orr have him flying through the air, his stick extending upward?

Don't you mean downward?

figuring the painter would go with the rising stick, if you know what I mean; even if that required some artistic license...

If you are thinking about THIS photo, then his stick would be pointing downward to the ice...

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Perhaps I should say stick extending outward and leave it at that.

No wonder I'm not a frickin' artist.

 

[Starman]

The players involved probably can't do anything to stop it, but can't they probably get their hands on pretty much all of the proceeds? "Misappropriation of personal image," etc etc ?

 

[Flash]

Flash is waiting for Mike Ricci.

I just threw up in my mouth.

 

[cougargirl]

I like the fact that the artist admits he had a man-crush on Bobby Orr while growing up. The online gallery, by the way, is SFW but that painting of Derek Sanderson is disturbing.

 

[Flash]

I'm glad he only did a mugshot of Jacques Plante. Painting him nude would have just been sacrilegious somehow.

 

[hockeybeat]

I'm glad he only did a mugshot of Jacques Plante. Painting him nude would have just been sacrilegious somehow.

Would Plante sport a mask?