FRATINO, Louis; COLLICELLI CAGOL, Stefano (ed.)
Satura

Satura comes from the Latin term satura lanx, meaning a dish filled with fruits intended for the gods, from which has descended a literary genre characterized by a variety of styles. In Italian, satura means “saturated” or “filled.” Both the Latin and the Italian meanings resonate well with the richness and formal feast of Louis Fratino’s art.

This book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at Centro Pecci, Prato, presents works by the US painter Louis Fratino centered on his relationship with Italy—one of the artist’s main cultural contexts of reference, and a perspective through which to view both his artistic and his personal experience. His paintings, drawings, etchings, and sculptures evoke the landscapes, people, and social scenes familiar to him, and imbue them with intense and erotically charged atmospheres. Essays by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Giorgio Di Domenico, Filippo Bosco, Chiara Portesine, and Michele Bertolino elaborate on these themes. [publishers’ note]

Published by Mousse Publishing, 2024
Design by Francesco Valtolina
Monographs / Painting / Queer Culture