John outterbridge biography
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John outterbridge biography
A Tribute to Pioneering Assemblage Artist John Outterbridge
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By Shira Wolfe
“Art and the creative process always belonged to humanity at large.
No matter what their complexion, no matter what their posture, people always expressed themselves in some way. That expression, to me, has always been about some form of art.”
John Outterbridge
John Outterbridge, a pioneering figure in the Los Angeles art scene since the 1960s, passed away on 23 December 2020 in Los Angeles at the age of 87.
For decades, he was the director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, known as an important centre for arts education and a conduit for social change. We take a look at the artistic practice and legacy of the artist and activist.
An upbringing that defined an artist
John Outterbridge was born during the Great Depression in 1933 in Greenville, North Carolina.
Growing up in the American South during the Jim Crow era, Outterbridge experienced a culturally rich, but seg