LUIS FRANGELLA (1944 - 1990)
Encounter. Oil on canvas, 1983. Signed, LF, lower right. 1524x1270 mm; 60x50 inches. Argentine artist, Luis Frangella earned a master's degree in architecture at the University of Buenos Aires before traveling to the United States to further his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1976 he moved to New York City where he created paintings, sculpture and murals while also organizing art shows at Limbo, a club for artists and a venue for film screenings. In 1982 Frangella received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He became very active with the Act Up movement after contracting the AIDS virus. He died in 1990 due to complications from the virus.