STUART COMER- Newly appointed Chief Curator of the Department of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art

Posted June 29, 2013 by artBahrain in

Stuart Comer, Chief Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art.
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MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry announced the appointment of Stuart Comer as Chief Curator of the Department of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art.

Mr. Comer who has served as Curator of Film at Tate Modern, London, since 2004, will oversee the department’s program of special exhibitions, installations from the collection, and acquisitions. He will begin his new position at MoMA on September 23.

“Stuart will bring a keen interest in and knowledge of contemporary practice that spans the hybrid nature of media and performance,” said Mr. Lowry. “With his energetic exploration of relationships between art and the moving image, between contemporary practice and the history of modernism, Stuart will make a significant contribution to MoMA’s efforts to exhibit, collect, and interpret the art of our time.”

“Artists working across time-based media—from performance to the moving image and all of the many permutations in between—continue to push and reshape artistic practice in fundamentally challenging and exciting ways,” said Mr. Comer. “I look forward to exploring this dynamic field and its rich history by continuing the development and exhibition of MoMA’s distinguished collection. MoMA has become a leading institution redefining the role of media and performance in the museum, and this will be an exciting opportunity to further develop its programs in collaboration with artists, audiences, and colleagues.”

Mr. Comer is a co-curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art 2014 Biennial, and will be working with both institutions concurrently until next March.

One of MoMA’s six curatorial departments, the Department of Media and Performance Art collects, exhibits, and preserves time-based art, and holds a collection of more than 1,700 works of moving image installations, single-channel video, performance and documentary evidence, motion- and sound-based works, and other works that represent time or duration and are made for and presented in a gallery setting.

As Curator of Film, Mr. Comer managed film and video work for the Tate Collection and Displays, was co-curator of the opening program for The Tanks at Tate Modern, and organized an extensive program of screenings, performances, and events.

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