Art doesn't think. It shows.
Art doesn't think. It shows.
The gay rights movement of the mid-70s caused Los Angeles artist Bill Rangel to commit to showing his life uncensored in his paintings. The principles of that endless struggle are evident throughout his lifelong body of artwork. Forty-five years later, anti-gay bills are still getting passed into law.
Vitamin D, 2021
Painting of briefs-clad male couple exercising and getting some rays in bedroom during Delta surge
Spirit of the Fruit, 2020
Still life painting of ripened pineapple on table near kitchen curtains
The Blue and the Orange Time, 2018
Painting of hallucinating naked male AIDS victim clinging to handrail in hospice bathroom
Narcissus Discovers Truth, 2018
Painting of nude male figure by pond submerging his head underwater while grasping a jungle vine
Afternoon Prayer, 2021
Painting of lower halves of nude male couple holding hands on a bed near an open window
Relentless Root, 2019
Painting of sleepwalking nude male spirit figure arousing an ancient tree-phallus
The Musk of Social Murder, 2021
Painting of elite nude male figure dangling a carrot and burning a soiled world map with his feet
Flight of the Acquittal, 2021
Painting of mash-up of top hat, horned fur hat, nailed feet, and pontificating bird-human
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