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Jesse Lott was born on 1943 in Simmesport, Louisiana, U.S., is an American artist (1943–2023). Discover Jesse Lott's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Born 1943
Birthday 1943
Birthplace Simmesport, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of death 24 July, 2023
Died Place Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Jesse Lott (1943 – July 24, 2023) was an American visual artist known for his wire and wood sculptures, papier mâché figures, and collages made from found materials within a style he called "urban frontier art".

1943

Jesse Lott was born in Simmesport, Louisiana, in 1943.

He was African American.

1950

During the 1950s, his family relocated to Texas, eventually settling in Houston's Fifth Ward.

He attended E.O. Smith Elementary School and Kashmere Gardens High School.

1957

In 1957, at the age of 14, he sold his first artwork, a painting.

Lott said that this event marked the beginning of his professional art career.

At the time, people of color were only allowed to visit Houston's Fine Arts Museum on one specified day each week.

Galleries, too, generally prohibited viewings.

The exhibition of black artists' work was virtually unheard of.

Muralist John Biggers was an early mentor.

Biggers was founding chairman of the art department at Texas Southern University (formerly Texas State University for Negroes).

Following a trip to Africa, he visited area high schools, including Lott's, and expounded on art, specifically the role of the black artist.

Biggers taught that African American artists should turn to the motherland rather than Europe for inspirational models.

On Biggers recommendation, Lott enrolled in the historically black college Hampton Institute.

1963

He studied there during 1963 and 1964.

1965

From Virginia, he moved across the country to California State University (1965) and then Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.

1967

During his time at Otis, 1967 to 1969, social realist Charles White was his drawing teacher and personal advisor.

Lott fell in with the Black Arts Movement, a group of conceptual artists and collagists which included White, David Hammons, and Joe Overstreet.

While Lott was skilled at painting and drawing, he soon discovered his true gift, turning trash to treasure and combining it with the spirit of activism.

1972

In Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972–1985, author Pete Gershon writes, "Very much in line with the Black Arts Movement, Lott's work involved a kind of community-building social practice. It was common for him to hire a pack of loitering kids to dismantle a castoff bedspring and sort out its components. As Lott says, 'There's one kid that didn't become a juvenile delinquent that day...'"

1974

In 1974, Lott returned to the Fifth Ward.

1977

In the summer of 1977, Robinson Galleries held a major exhibition of his work, Relics of the Future, the first large solo show for Lott.

It included 40 works, including 14 sculptures, 5 paintings, and a 30-minute video tape by Andy Mann that documented the original installation and opening.

The gallery also produced a 19-page catalog that accompanied the exhibit.

Robinson Galleries presented Relics of the Future, Part Two the following year.

1979

In 1979, Lott's 9-foot, 200-pound figurative wire and rebar sculpture Zoroastera: Fire Spitter was included in Fire, a show of 100 Texas artists curated by James Surls for Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

At Surls' invitation Art in America editor Lucy Lippard covered the exhibit for the international magazine.

Her review was measured, but would be instrumental in bringing nationwide attention to Texas artists.

Dozens of solo exhibits and group shows, often surveys of African American artists, would follow.

While some black artists bristle at being labeled, Lott saw it as an opportunity to recognize a racially divided country.

1990

Large touring exhibits that focused on black artists and featured Lott include Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetics (1990-1992) and Stop Asking, We Exist: 25 African American Crafts Artists (1998-2000).

A solo exhibit Jesse Lott: Urban Frontier Artist visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington D.C. and the Art Car Museum in Houston.

His work has also been shown at The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Alternative Museum (now closed) in Lower Manhattan.

On the role of the artist, Lott stated, "Artists are entrusted with a metaphysical vision. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. That means that many words have been entrusted to those to whom God has given the ability to create. When a pebble hits a pool, it starts a wave that covers the whole pool. The pebble is the concept. An artist puts out a concept and the concept changes the consciousness of the viewer, leading to a positive change in the pattern of his activity."

In addition to his visionary artwork, Lott's shaman-like presence in Houston's art community had widespread impact.

Many Texas artists including Rick Lowe, James Surls, Bert Long Jr.., Robert Pruitt, Angelbert Metoyer, and Robert Hodge name Lott as an important influence.

1999

In the catalog for Jesse Lott: Urban Frontier Artist (1999), longtime friend and supporter Jim Harithas wrote, "He is respected for the integrity and mojo power of his art and greatly admired for his many private acts of compassion to the homeless, to poverty-stricken seniors, to the young and to artists throughout the community. His all-ages workshops held over the years in his studio as a community service inspired many students who would otherwise have no exposure to art."

Lott was also involved in other "significant community activities including Adept, the first museum devoted to African American culture in Houston [now closed], The Midtown Art Center, the Ann Robinson Gallery, and the Art Car Museum. Lott's community oriented philosophy and his Artists in Action program helped spark the creation of the now famous Project Row Houses."

In the catalog for his first exhibit at Robinson Galleries, Lott outlined the tenets of his art making process, which he referred to at the time as "urban folk art".