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
June 16, 2017
Friday Flights
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Two extraordinary solo guitarists, William Tyler and Noveller (Sarah Lipstate), who draw from radically different ends of the musical spectrum, perform together in a special collaboration, blending their unique approaches to the instrumental narrative.
Nashville-native William Tyler is known for his intricate fingerpicking style that creates dramatic sonic landscapes mining the complexities of the American experience. A one-time member of Lambchop and Silver Jews, Tyler has release four critically acclaimed albums since 2010 which have led to several U.S and international tours, and collaborations and performances with Hiss Golden Messenger and Wilco.
Noveller is guitarist and composer Sarah Lipstate, whose avant-garde and darkly cinematic aesthetic is built from pushing the limits of the Fender Jazzmaster through endless permutations of effects and experimental processes to create spacious and urbane dreamscapes. Having released several recordings as solo performer, Noveller has toured with St. Vincent, Radiolab, Xiu Xiu, the Jesus Lizard, and recently was sought out by Iggy Pop, who asked her to be his opening act on his Post Pop Depression tour in 2016.