Louis Fratino Annapolis, Maryland, born 1993
New Bedroom, 2021
Etching with aquatint, sugarlift, spitbite, drypoint, and burnisher, printed on Hahnemuhle White 300gsm paper
Image: 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (29.8 x 45.1 cm), sheet: 21 x 25 3/4 inches (53.3 x 65.4 cm)
Edition 1/25
A still life of flowers and seashells set against ocean waves or a flock of birds soaring above the countryside evoke the same intimacy as interior scenes of two men...
A still life of flowers and seashells set against ocean waves or a flock of birds soaring above the countryside evoke the same intimacy as interior scenes of two men making love in their bedroom, or the artist’s own self-portrait in a moment of quiet contemplation, seated at a table and holding a piece of floss close to his face. Existing in the space between quotidian invention and personal memory, Fratino’s etchings imagine moments in life as simple as they are sublime.
Louis Fratino's etchings from 2021 see the artist exploring a new method of image-making within his rich oeuvre of painting, drawing, and sculpture. Fratino adapts the visual languages of European and American Modernism to contemplate the beauty and queerness in the gestures and experiences of the everyday—in nature, in the home, and in one’s own self-conception.
Printer: Burnet Editions, New York
Publisher: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Louis Fratino's etchings from 2021 see the artist exploring a new method of image-making within his rich oeuvre of painting, drawing, and sculpture. Fratino adapts the visual languages of European and American Modernism to contemplate the beauty and queerness in the gestures and experiences of the everyday—in nature, in the home, and in one’s own self-conception.
Printer: Burnet Editions, New York
Publisher: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
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