The Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato presents, from Thursday, September 26, 2024 to Sunday, February 2, 2025, Louis Fratino. Satura, the first solo exhibition dedicated by an institution to the work of the American artist Louis Fratino (1993, Annapolis, MD).

Curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, director of the Pecci Center, the exhibition is part of the annual program La Toscana al Centro, dedicated to artists who have explored the regional territory throughout their careers, following the critical success of the artist's work at the 2024 Art Biennale, Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, directed by

Adriano Pedrosa.

The exhibition brings together a series of sculptures, over 30 paintings, and more than 20 graphic works including drawings and lithographs, offering the opportunity to delve into the artist's research through existing works and new productions.

The word 'satura' refers to the Latin term 'Satura Lanx', a serving dish filled with various delicacies intended to be offered to the Gods, from which the literary genre derives, characterized by a variety of styles. In Italian, the word means both literally and metaphorically 'to be full'.

Both the Italian and Latin meanings seem to evoke the richness of colors, material opulence and the diversity of media explored by Fratino's art. Satura focuses in particular on the existing relationship between Fratino's research and Italy, only partially inspired by his ancestors born in Molise. The country has offered the artist a wide range of themes, imaginaries and sensibilities, creating bridges between