Louis Fratino

Louis Fratino (born 1993) is an American visual artist.[1]

Education[edit]

Fratino graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD in 2015. Fratino was a recipient of a Fulbright Research Fellowship in Painting, Berlin, 2015–2016 and a Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship, Norfolk, CT in 2014.[2]

Work[edit]

Fratino collects illustrated children's books. Some of his paintings are based on the photographs of Vince Aletti in Male.[3]  

Art critic Holland Carter writes of Fratino's paintings, "Seemingly painted mostly in the same interior, they are also hot with the pleasure of lying-around-the-house domesticity, of shared privacy. And they are hot too with painterly attention and erudition — inviting a similar scrutiny from the viewer. Nearly every brush stroke and mark, every detail of furnishings and body hair, has a life of its own."[4] Similarly, Antwaun Sargent writes in The New York Times, "Fratino and these other contemporary gay figure artists share a philosophy, despite their different aesthetics: They’re all committed to reflecting the mostly unseen interior lives of the men they admire, and to celebrating a diverse set of subjects who, taken together, stand in opposition to a canonical history of art that has long ignored an openly gay view of the male body."[5]

Exhibitions[edit]

  • Come Softly to Me, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY, 2019
  • Heirloom, Galerie Antoine Levi, Paris, France, 2018[6]
  • So, I’ve got you, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY, 2017[7]
  • Own, Only, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL, 2017[8]
  • With everyone, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
  • Reasons, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2016[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alessandrini, Christopher (2019-05-18). "'Boys Do It Better': The Paintings of Louis Fratino". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Louis Fratino". Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ^ "Louis Fratino". Work in Progress. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  4. ^ Cotter, Holland; Smith, Roberta; Schwendener, Martha (2017-09-28). "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  5. ^ Sargent, Antwaun (2018-09-17). "These Gay Figure Artists Are Reimagining the Male Gaze". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  6. ^ ""Heirloom", Louis Fratino « Galerie Antoine Levi". antoinelevi.fr. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  7. ^ "Louis Fratino | So I've Got You Images — Thierry Goldberg Gallery". thierrygoldberg.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  8. ^ "Monya Rowe Gallery - Own, Only". monyarowegallery.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  9. ^ "REASONS". platform-gallery. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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