Luis Frangella - Artist Info

About Luis Frangella

  • Biography

    Luis Frangella was born in 1944. Luis Frangella was an Argentine artist who 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.

    Frangella moved to New York City in 1976 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.

    Frangella became very active with the Act Up movement after contracting the AIDS virus. Luis Frangella died in 1990 due to complications from the virus.

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