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Louis Delsarte

Louis Delsarte’s works appear in many significant collections around the United States and were used in one of Spike Lee’s movie projects.  In viewing his works, if you have ever listened to gospel music, bebop, swing, mambo or reggae, you will realize yourself to be at a place where the physical and the metaphysical converge.  His work has been described as sensitive, human, and visionary. 

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1944 at a time when Swing was giving way to an insurgent movement labeled “bebop” his access to musicians and performers, and his mother’s close and longtime friendship with Lena Horne, played a part in the formation of Delsarte’s cultural sense.  The Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s, was a conscious effort to renovate the image of the African American for both those within and without the community.  Figurative art, human art became a prominent concern of the artist of the time.  This is a tradition in which we can place the work of Louis Delsarte.  His musical affinities reflect the multi-vocal nature of his vision and his desire to coalesce multiple elements in one visual confluence. He attempts to bring together ideas relative to music, dance, family and the arts.

Delsarte received  a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn his Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Arizona.  He now resides in Atlanta, Georgia.   His works are included in numerous public collections and have been exhibited throughout the states for the past 13 years.

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