Vitamin C: Clay + Ceramic in Contemporary Art

Participation in Contemporary Art

This presentation aims at providing a better understanding of the role, origin and evolution of participation in contemporary art with a specific focus on technology and participation. It will also provide an overview of participative art models developed in the last decade and the trend they created.

Evaluation of contemporary ceramic materials.

The last 25 years have witnessed the introduction of a bewildering number of ceramic systems to the dental profession. Most of these systems have been introduced with little or no clinical testing. Laboratory studies of physical and mechanical properties of ceramics provide little predictive information regarding likely clinical survival rates. Early adopters of many of these new systems learne...

Everyday Aesthetics in Contemporary Art

This article examines the relatively new field of everyday aesthetics and its use in artistic works. I argue anyone can have an aesthetic experience regardless of the source, in the sense that it can happen during daily activities and from the appreciation of banal objects. In addition, contemporary art explores the significance of the prosaic and how people react to a new approach that often r...

Contemporary all-ceramic materials, part-1.

Over the past 35 years, multiple types of all-ceramic materials have been introduced as an ideal alternative for metal-fused to ceramic. This review covers state-of-the-art development of all-ceramic systems in terms of history, material composition, fabrication technologies, and structural and strength properties. These materials are proved to be ideal in terms of mechanical properties and bio...

The Market for Contemporary Art