An upcoming exhibition of photographs at Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy. Curated by Grace Deveney, David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator of Photography and Media, the Art Institute of Chicago, with Stefano Collicelli Cagol

Peter Hujar (1934 -1987) is one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century who, between the sixties and eighties, immortalized in his shots the bodies of a community of people close to him who became in many cases among the most iconic figures of American culture. Hujar focuses on the beauty of the body in all its forms and postures, immortalized through the themes of portraiture and action. The exhibition is organized by The Art Institute of Chicago, and has been further expanded in collaboration with the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art. In the Pratese iteration, the exhibition is enriched by a series of photographs taken in Italy between the fifties and seventies. In those years, Hujar had the opportunity to travel to different areas and cities of the country including Florence, Palermo and Naples, returning an unexpected vision that is still disturbing today for the intensity with which people, landscapes and animals have been caught.