MOMA curator, artist Robert Storr to give talks Saturday

The words "salad dressing" and "museum curator" aren't used in the same sentence too often, but this weekend, the art department's guest speaker will tie together the unimaginable. New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)'s Curator of Painting Robert Storr will give a talk on his role at the MOMA this Saturday at 2 p.m. in Fischer Hall.

Department chair and professor of art William Hood describes Storr as being akin to salad dressing. "It is like salad dressing. Oil and vinegar are good alone, but when you mix them together and shake them up, they are even better."

On a more professional note, Storr is highly regarded by his contemporaries here at Oberlin. Hood, said "He is one of those rare artists, highly successful and important, who became a curator. He shows how intrarelated the practice of art history and art really are. Storr is coming as an artist to speak as an artist."

Since becoming the curator of Painting and Sculpture at the MOMA, he has been responsible for curating many important exhibitions. He has also written many articles, books, and essays on an array of topics and artists such as Elsworth Kelly, Nancy Spero, Eva Hesse, and Phillip Guston. Storr is currently engaged in setting up a retrospective exhibit featuring the works of Price Marden.

In 1971, Storr acted as the studio assistant to David Alfaro Siqueros in Mexico. Storr later received his MFA from the Art Institiute in Chicago in 1978. As a painter, his works have been exhibited across the United States.

Hood said Storr "makes decisions about what the public sees in modern art." This weekend, the public is lucky enough to see the Oz behind the artistic curtain.

Robert Storr will lead a slide lecture Saturday, Nov. 15 at 9 a.m. in King 306. Storr delivers his talk "Robert Stor, Artist/Curator Discusses His Work" Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. in Fischer Lecture Hall in the Allen Memorial Art Building