scholarly journals Quantum Leap beyond the Frontiers: ‘Currentism’ in Visual Arts Production in the Nsukka School

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martins N. Okoro ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Studio Art ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Scholarly Publication ◽  
Quantum Leap ◽  
Art Production

There exists no scholarly publication espousing on the driving force behind the restless aspirations of the Nsukka artists towards searching for and using commonplace materials that the potent environment provides for supports and media for studio art production. Following this, my intent is to discuss the Nsukka artists’ creative inclinations, bordering on styles, ideas, forms, materials and technique. Through hermeneutical analysis, I examine some useful insights in the formal and conceptual principles for which their recent and current artworks are foregrounded. Relying on historical, interpretative and analytical methods of data illumination, I engage some selected unusual artworks executed between 1999 and 2017 by some selected Nsukka artists to authenticate the fact that Nsukka artists have taken a quantum leap beyond the frontiers of the human consciousness and in so doing, have mastered their oeuvres, bringing about great ingenuity and some unprecedented innovations in the execution of breath-taking postmodernist artworks whose formal contents and thematic probing interrogate germane issues.

Atorvastatin: A Review of Analytical Methods for Pharmaceutical Quality Control and Monitoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 801-809
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Kogawa ◽  
Ana Elisa Della Torre Pires ◽  
Hérida Regina Nunes Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Chemistry ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Pharmaceutical Samples ◽  
Pharmaceutical Quality ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Atorvastatin, a lipid-regulating drug, was the best-selling drug in the world in the early 2000s. Thus, monitoring of this drug is important because it is accessible to a large portion of the population. In addition, its quality control is fundamental to provide quality medicines. Method of analysis can be the first step in the rational use of pharmaceuticals. Objective/Methods: In this context, a critical review of analytical methods present in the literature and official compendia for the pharmaceutical quality control of atorvastatin was made. Results: Among the analytical methods most used in the evaluation of atorvastatin, HPLC is highlighted, followed by HPLC coupled to MS, and spectrophotometry in UV. Tablets are the most studied pharmaceutical samples, and plasma is the most studied biological matrix. In the literature, studies with atorvastatin-based pharmaceutical products are more common than biological materials. Acetonitrile is the organic solvent most commonly used in the methods surveyed to evaluate atorvastatin. Conclusions: Currently, awareness of the impact that the analytical choice has on the health of the operator and the environment is growing. Therefore, the suitability of existing methods for the determination of atorvastatin can be made to adhere to the current analytical chemistry. In this way, the analytical, environmental, and human consciousness will remain united. Highlights: Although the literature shows interesting methods from an economic and environmental point of view, such as UV, Vis miniaturized, and TLC, they can still be improved to meet the requirements of the current sustainable analytical chemistry.

scholarly journals The Art-Science Project: Researching the Cross Section between the Visual Arts and Biological Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Jeffrey Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Studio Art ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
The University

The created portfolio explores the area of academic art and how it can be translated into the fields of fine art and biological science. The sculptural specimens were created to further understand how art is used in scientific exploration today compared to that of antiquity.During the period of enlightenment, science and art were codependent. Studio art was employed as a form of research and communication. In light of this, the thirty-five spider models were created in the Entomology and Nematology Lab at the University of Florida. The works of art encompass a diverse range of species, scales, and functions.  The works were designed to serve three purposes: life size models were printed and painted to serve as decoys for reproductive research; medium scale models were distributed to international geocaches to gage public opinion on arachnids; and large scale models were utilized as educational tools. The range of models serves different functions but they all answer to principles of art. Thus defining the interdisciplinary nature of art as it relates to scientific study. 

Postmodern Reflections on the Perception of the Space-Time Continuum and the Plastic Expression of the Modern Art

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Nikolova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Postmodern Philosophy ◽  
Life Path ◽  
Contemporary Artist ◽  
Time Continuum

Comprehension of the Space-Time continuum as a perception of the Modern art’s artist and the searching of the relevant plastic expression is as an approach to that new dimension, which in 1936 year Charles Sirato touches in his “Dimensionist Manifesto”. The reflection of the Postmodern Philosophy on the Modern thinking is an important topic of the contemporary artist, who during his creative process experience similar challenges in grasping the Space-Time continuum. The report examines two texts of M. Merleau-Ponty: “Cezanne’s Doubt“ and “Eye and Mind”, following the philosophical reflection on the modern artist’s perception, who as Klee says: “doesn’t reproduce the visible,but makes visibility”. I’m considering also the viewpoints of P. Valery, G. Deleuse and H.G.Gadamer, whose life path covers the both eras in question. Many scientific discoveries from the beginning of the 20-th c. have an influence on the artistic thinking and creativity. In an original way the postmodern philosophical reasoning considers this. In this way the discourse modern-postmodern does not flow only in the flat, linear time. And somewhere between the scientific and postmodern thought is the great impact of the Bergson’s concept of the “duration”. From this consideration is following the idea of the elasticity of the human consciousness during the time and space – an idea explored not only in visual arts.

The Ecological Model of Visual Artists in the Malaysian Contemporary Visual Arts Industry: A Framework Proposal

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Syed Alwi Syed Abu Bakar ◽  
◽  
Azian Tahir ◽  
Ishak Ramli ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Visual Artists ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Technical Practice ◽  
Clear Guideline ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Art Production

The increasingly challenging and competitive artwork production environment has prompted visual artists to have an arrangement of state-of-the-art art production practices. Currently, the system of production and marketing of works does not have a clear guideline in the industry that can help in the survival of professional visual artists in Malaysia. Therefore, this study is designed to get clear feedback from those who are already active in this industry related to the challenges faced and the marketability of the works of visual artists to continue to compete in the local and international art production stage. This paper aims to identify the non -technical practices required for the successful implementation and marketing of works of art in Malaysia. The results of this study will provide a detailed study of the practices of visual artists in the implementation and marketing that need to be considered by those who will venture into the arena of professional production. Through this paper, a framework has been developed through a comprehensive review from the point of view of literature as well as practical practice. Keywords: Non -technical practice, production of works, visual artists, visuals, art work.

scholarly journals Al-Qatt Al-Asiri aesthetics and its role in enriching the contemporary art production: جماليات القَطْ العسيري ودوره في إثراء الإنتاج الفني المعاصر

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousry Saeed Mohammed Al Qahtani
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Artistic Production ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Art Production ◽  
Aesthetic Values

  The study aims to identify Al-Qatt Al-Asiri aesthetics and highlighting its importance in enriching contemporary artistic production. It also aims to identify the artistic and aesthetic values that characterize Al-Qatt Al-Asiri. The researcher used the analytical descriptive approach to describe the particulars of Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, and to analyze some of artworks for some of Aseer region artists. The study concluded that Aseer region and its folk decorations, represented in Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, has artistic and aesthetic values, which participate in updating distinct works of the visual arts. This study sought to ensure the originality and heritage through inspiring by Al-Qatt Al-Asiri and employing it in a contemporary form. The study recommended establishing an academy, under the umbrella of the General Authority for Culture, specialized in learning the style of Al-Qatt Al-Asiri by popular female artists, to maintain this style and disseminate it within the community.

scholarly journals Välittäjät nykytaidemaailmassa: tuotantoputkesta toimijaverkkoon

2017 ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Kaija Kaitavuori
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Product Distribution ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Cultural Field ◽  
Art Production ◽  
Multiple Actors

Intermediaries of the Artworld. From Pipeline to Actor-Network looks at the different ways in which mediators or intermediaries in the cultural field have been conceptualised both in social theory (Becker, Danto, Dickie...) and by practitioners in the field of visual arts. The practical examples come mostly from discussions in Finland and from the visual arts. The article claims that a linear view of art production as a producer–product–distribution–user chain is not sufficient to explain how art is created and enjoyed. Instead, we should look at the process and its divers actors as a network in which there are connections and movement in all directions, rather than just from artists via mediators to audience. One case study, Santiago Sierra’s project Man in a Ditch (2001), is analysed as an example of a coproduction between multiple actors. The role of the artist turns out to be that of ‘cutting the network’.

Stereo modeling of HVEM specimens by serial tilting and computer graphics

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
J.R. McIntosh ◽  
D.L. Stemple ◽  
William Bishop ◽  
G.W. Hannaway
Keyword(s):  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Photographic Film ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
Multiple Objects ◽  
Multiple Images ◽  
3 Dimensional

EM specimens often contain 3-dimensional information that is lost during micrography on a single photographic film. Two images of one specimen at appropriate orientations give a stereo view, but complex structures composed of multiple objects of graded density that superimpose in each projection are often difficult to decipher in stereo. Several analytical methods for 3-D reconstruction from multiple images of a serially tilted specimen are available, but they are all time-consuming and computationally intense.

In situ TEM Studies of agglomeration of sub-nanometer Ru layers in Ru/C multilayers

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-257
Author(s):  
Tai D. Nguyen ◽  
Ronald Gronsky ◽  
Jeffrey B. Kortright
Keyword(s):  
Layered Structure ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
In Situ Tem ◽  
Rayleigh Instability ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

Nanometer period Ru/C multilayers are one of the prime candidates for normal incident reflecting mirrors at wavelengths < 10 nm. Superior performance, which requires uniform layers and smooth interfaces, and high stability of the layered structure under thermal loadings are some of the demands in practical applications. Previous studies however show that the Ru layers in the 2 nm period Ru/C multilayer agglomerate upon moderate annealing, and the layered structure is no longer retained. This agglomeration and crystallization of the Ru layers upon annealing to form almost spherical crystallites is a result of the reduction of surface or interfacial energy from die amorphous high energy non-equilibrium state of the as-prepared sample dirough diffusive arrangements of the atoms. Proposed models for mechanism of thin film agglomeration include one analogous to Rayleigh instability, and grain boundary grooving in polycrystalline films. These models however are not necessarily appropriate to explain for the agglomeration in the sub-nanometer amorphous Ru layers in Ru/C multilayers. The Ru-C phase diagram shows a wide miscible gap, which indicates the preference of phase separation between these two materials and provides an additional driving force for agglomeration. In this paper, we study the evolution of the microstructures and layered structure via in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and attempt to determine the order of occurence of agglomeration and crystallization in the Ru layers by observing the diffraction patterns.

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