Laura Cooper – Art and Cake

Laura Cooper
Los Angeles, CA
Age 62

What keeps you excited in the studio?
Surprises offered through process, letting material processes have the upper hand.

Looking back at your trajectory as an artist, how would you say your work has developed?
My work has become more open, more organic, and more abstract.

What role do you think the artist has in today’s society?
Multiple roles, or there is no point in being an artist. All cultures need their wild cards, their tricksters, those who can interpret their environment from another vantage point, or imagine other worlds entirely.

What’s the most important advice you could give to an aspiring artist?
Make sure the side gig is something that is also creative and fulfilling.

Does age matter in art? Why or why not?
It has for me, I am happy to have reached an age where I can appreciate that my trajectory is different than others, that my experiences have accumulated into some wisdom, and having a sense of wonder and excitement in what I make is the throughlune frome childhood to now.

What can we look forward to from you next?
I am currently working on combining bronze and paper in sculptural forms, excited about the way permanence and ephemerality interact

Is there anything else you would like to share about being an artist later in life?
It is a joy to appreciate my family’s work as well as my own—we all affect each other’s visual work and esthetic appreciations in so many ways.

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