Louis Fratino's First Italian Museum Show Opens at Centro Pecci

The Centro Pecci in Prato is currently showcasing 'Satura,' the inaugural exhibition in an Italian museum devoted to American artist Louis Fratino (born 1993, Annapolis). This exhibition comprises twelve new paintings, twenty earlier pieces, twenty works on paper, and a selection of terracotta sculptures. Recognized at the 2023 Venice Biennale, Fratino delves into his connection with Italy, drawing inspiration from interwar artists like Filippo De Pisis and sculptors such as Arturo Martini. His artistic narrative also engages with poets like Sandro Penna and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Curator Stefano Collicelli Cagol highlights that this marks Fratino's first institutional exhibition, which presents queer themes through still lifes, interiors, landscapes, and portraits, featuring nudity and explicit sexuality within a nostalgic framework.