Sarah Cooper is a curator, writer, and art historian based in Los Angeles.
She is the Public Programs Specialist for performance at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where she directs the experimental performance series Ever Present, among other programs.
She has organized programs featuring artists and musicians including Kim Gordon, Simone Forti, Brendan Fernandes, Patti Smith, Lonnie Holley, Martin Creed, Midori Takada, Helado Negro, Moor Mother, David Wojnarowicz, Derek Jarman, and Solange Knowles.
In addition, Sarah has held positions at The Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Royal Academy in London, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
She holds a Master's Degree in Art History from Hunter College, New York. Her thesis, Expanding Experimentalism: Popular Music and Art at the Kitchen in New York City, 1971-1985, explores the creative output of artists' bands and the relationship between popular music and avant-garde performance practices.
sarahannecooper [at] gmail.com
She is the Public Programs Specialist for performance at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where she directs the experimental performance series Ever Present, among other programs.
She has organized programs featuring artists and musicians including Kim Gordon, Simone Forti, Brendan Fernandes, Patti Smith, Lonnie Holley, Martin Creed, Midori Takada, Helado Negro, Moor Mother, David Wojnarowicz, Derek Jarman, and Solange Knowles.
In addition, Sarah has held positions at The Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Royal Academy in London, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
She holds a Master's Degree in Art History from Hunter College, New York. Her thesis, Expanding Experimentalism: Popular Music and Art at the Kitchen in New York City, 1971-1985, explores the creative output of artists' bands and the relationship between popular music and avant-garde performance practices.
sarahannecooper [at] gmail.com
NO SESSO + Kelsey Lu
August 17, 2018
Friday Flights
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
As the Getty Museum celebrates 100 years of fashion photography in the current exhibition Icons of Style, L.A.-based fashion label NO SESSO points to the future century of fashion through their genderless and joyful approach to design, crafted under the vision of designer Pierre Davis. Celebrating NO SESSO as a rising name in fashion, The New York Times says the gender-neutral line is “challenging traditional ideas of dress,” noting “accessibility—especially for black, brown and transgender bodies that have historically been underrepresented in the fashion industry—is at the heart of Davis’s global vision for the brand, which she calls ‘a platform for other like-minded artists who just want to be seen or represented.’”
Debuting a special, site-specific presentation of looks in the courtyard, this innovative take on a fashion show will be paired with a live performance by Kelsey Lu, the critically acclaimed cellist and vocalist, one of the groundbreaking musicians whose support for the label has helped build its cult following.
FEATURED PRESS
Cultured Magazine, “No Sesso’s Pierre Davis is Creating Her Own Definition of Success,” with photography by Brandon Stanciell, September 10, 2018.
Vogue, “Kelsey Lu and Steve Lacy Bring the Noise to No Sesso’s First New York Show,” February 5, 2019.
Subvert Magazine, “No Sesso + Kelsey Lu’s Celestial Getty Fashion Performance,” August 20, 2018.
Office Magazine, “No Sesso Takes the Getty,” August 22, 2018.
