Edmund Barry Gaither notes: " As a jazzman might continuously riff on a standard tune each time changing its emotional impact, Delsarte has used light and color to reconfigure the composition, each time giving it fresh nuances that shift in mood and emotion." Select one of Louis Delsarte's images below and take a closer look.
Meet The Artist: muralist, painter, and printmaker Louis Delsarte
"His love of improvisation with color and light allies strongly with African musical traditions that has strongly impacted all areas of the arts in which black Americans have engaged. It is in this sense that 'The Light' recalls jazz, for as musical tones capture and toy with our passions, so do color and light evoke moods that shift our understanding and appreciation of images before us. In the spirit of embracing experimentation and improvisation, Delsarte sweeps us along with his series 'The Light'." — Edmund Barry Gaither
I am inspired by memories from the past. The souls of loved ones are an integral part of my dreams and visions. The voices of the ancestors speak through me. My work…
Several years ago while in residence at the Faculty Resource Network at New York University, Louis Delsarte, inspired by the university’s symbol of the torch as a metaphor for…