Jesse Lott was an American visual artist known for his wire and wood sculptures, papier mache figures, and collages made from found materials within a style he called "urban frontier art".
13 Facts About Jesse Lott
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On Biggers recommendation, Jesse Lott enrolled in the historically black college Hampton Institute.
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Jesse Lott fell in with the Black Arts Movement, a group of conceptual artists and collagists which included White, David Hammons, and Joe Overstreet.
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Jesse Lott's review was measured, but would be instrumental in bringing nationwide attention to Texas artists.
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Large touring exhibits that focused on black artists and featured Jesse Lott include Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetics and Stop Asking, We Exist: 25 African American Crafts Artists.
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Jesse Lott's work has been shown at The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Alternative Museum in Lower Manhattan.
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Jesse Lott's community oriented philosophy and his Artists in Action program helped spark the creation of the now famous Project Row Houses.
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Jesse Lott realized early on that the cost of art materials was prohibitive, not only for him, but for all artists of limited means.
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Jesse Lott employed these urban castoffs: wire, broken glass, tree roots and branches, scraps of costume jewelry, furniture legs, metal bed frames and springs, and discarded paper in his sculptural work.
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Jesse Lott was pivotal in the founding of Project Row Houses, a landmark urban reclamation project located in Houston's Third Ward.
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Jesse Lott's work is featured in several public spaces around the City of Houston.
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Jesse Lott was known to have at least two children.
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Jesse Lott died in Houston, Texas, in July 2023, at the age of 80.