According to "The New York Times," "It would be easy to read Kurt
Kauper's nude portraits of the former hockey players Bobby Orr and
Derek Sanderson as a rote comment on the fragile state of American
(or Canadian) masculinity. They work better as an erotic and
personal tribute, one that draws on the artist's childhood in a
Bruins-worshiping Boston suburb; the neo-Classical figuration of
Jacques-Louis David; and the overt sensuality of pre-Stonewall
'athletic' films." This slim, beautifully produced, bright yellow
linen-bound exhibition catalogue with tipped-on cover image
features some of the most strangely arresting male nudes on canvas
today. Ranging from life-sized, full-frontal portraits of a nude
Cary Grant at home in his suave, mid-century-movie-star manse
(2001-2003) to the artist's most recent portraits of god-like,
real-life Canadian hockey stars of the 1960s and 70s, this volume
presents work that is perverse, liberated and rightly hilarious
alongside essays by Wayne Koestenbaum and Pepe Karmel.
General
| Imprint: |
Deitch Projects
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2008 |
| First published: |
July 2008 |
| Authors: |
Wayne Koestenbaum
|
| Dimensions: |
300 x 250 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
34 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-9778686-8-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-9778686-8-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780977868681 |
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