The Artist Initiative at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The Artist Initiative at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is piloting models for increased collaboration between conservators and curators through joint work with artists. We seek a more integrated, holistic approach to the care and research of our collection. The project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, comprises five robust research engagements that serve the curatorial collecting departments of the museum (Photography, Painting and Sculpture, Media Art, and Architecture and Design). Three of the projects are monographic studies, examining the work of Ellsworth Kelly, Vija Celmins, and Julia Scher in depth, while two more are thematic, exploring modes of displaying digitally-driven design objects, and developing strategies for addressing the problem of color shift common to photographic prints made with experimental materials during the 1970s and 1980s. The Artist Initiative is also charged with developing hybrid working spaces to advance collaborative approaches to collections research at the museum's new downtown campus and at SFMOMA's new Collections Center in South San Francisco. These spaces include the Collections Workroom, a 56?sq?m (600?sq?ft) space that functions as a studio for visiting artists, a conservation laboratory, an interview suite, and a classroom at SFMOMA's downtown campus. At the Collections Center, a 121?sq?m (1300?sq?ft) Mock-Up Gallery has been built as a working model of one of the museum's new galleries. A functional exhibition space, the Mock-Up Gallery is also a venue for interviewing artists, prototyping exhibition formats, and meeting with students, scholars, museum staff, and community members. With the goal of contributing to critical discourses in contemporary art history, art conservation, and public engagement, each of the Artist Initiative projects includes a colloquium that will bring experts from multiple fields together with the featured artists. Thereafter we aim to share our findings widely through public programs and a range of publications, both digitally and in print.     

The industrial connections in Donald Judd's art

This paper examines the context and impact of the industrial materials and processes of the mid-twentieth century on Donald Judd's works, focusing on galvanized steel, cellulose nitrate paints, anodizing, and the RAL color matching system. Exploration of the industrial materials and methods Judd utilized provides a greater understanding of his processes, choices, and ultimately his art, its care, and legacy.     

李政道科学艺术观给教育的启示

李政道的科学与艺术观给数育的启示是：求实创新是教育的出路；未来教育科学与艺术并重；理论和实践相结合有利于人才的培养；科学与艺术的结合是时代发展的必然。     

关于文学艺术本质与特征问题的再探讨——与董学文、马建辉、李志宏等同志商榷

针对董学文等同志认为“把文学简单界定为一种意识形态,并不是马克思主义创始人的原意”;“说文学的本质是一种社会意识形式……可能更贴切些”;“用‘呈现在语言中的审美意识形态’来界定文学是欠妥当的”等观点,论证了把文学精确地界定为意识形态,就是马克思主义创始人的原意;把文学界定为“社会意识形式,”就会掩盖文学本质属性中的主导方面;“审美意识形态”比较全面准确地概括了文学的本质与特征,是对马克思主义文艺理论的继承和发展。     

试论艺术教育新理念

传统的艺术教育理念认为,艺术教育主要是培养人的综合艺术能力。随着时代的发展,这一传统理念已不适应艺术发展的需求。新理念认为:在培养人的综合艺术能力的同时,还应培养人们的整合创新、开拓贯通和跨域转换的多种能力,以促进人的全面发展。     

以人拟艺:中国传统美学的独特视野

中国传统特殊的地域文化、农业文明与“天人合一”的思想观念孕育了体现出生命美学特色的中国传统美学 ,其突出特征就是将艺术看作是人的主体生命的对象化 ,以人拟艺 ,并由此而产生了中国传统美学思想中一系列的重要的美学范畴、美学命题与美学学说 ,既显示出中国传统美学的鲜明特征 ,又体现出中国传统美学的独特价值。     

探求茅盾对17年作家作品论的魅力

新中国成立后，茅盾主要致力于艺批评工作。这里着重从捕捉鲜明个性、驾驭思想艺术、运用对照比较和散美的笔调等4个方面探求茅盾对17年作家作品论的魅力，从而有益于今天的艺批评。     

质点组内力的功改变质心动能的条件

讨论了质点组内力的功是可以改变质心动能的，以及所满足的条件．     

Remote effects of lower limb stretching: preliminary evidence for myofascial connectivity?

The skeletal muscles and the fibrous connective tissue form an extensive, body-wide network of myofascial chains. As fascia can modify its stiffness, strain transmission along these meridians is supposable. The goal of this trial therefore was to collect pilot data for potential remote effects of lower limb stretching on cervical range of motion (ROM). Twenty-six healthy participants (30 ± 6 years) were included in the matched-pairs intervention study. One group (n = 13) performed three 30 s bouts of static stretching for the gastrocnemius and the hamstrings, respectively. An age- and sex-matched control group (CG; n = 13) remained inactive. Pre- and post-intervention, maximal cervical ROM in flexion/extension was assessed. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed systematic differences between groups (P < .05). ROM increased following stretching (143.3 ± 13.9 to 148.2 ± 14°; P < .05) but remained unchanged in the CG (144.6 ± 16.8 to 143.3 ± 16.8°; P > .05). Our data point towards existence of a strain transfer along myofascial meridians. Further randomised controlled studies on conditions, factors and magnitude of tensile transmission are warranted.