TRAC 2014 - The Representational Art Conference

  • 02-05 Mar 2014
  • Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach, CA, United States

Description

TRAC 2014 - The Representational Art Conference is dedicated to the aesthetic values and principles implicit in the representational art of the 21st Century, including:

  • The Life and Work of Odd Nerdrum
  • The Impact of Roger Scruton’s "Why Beauty Matters" and "Beauty"
  • The role of beauty and/or the sublime
  • How 21st Century representational art differs from earlier representational art
  • Are there common principles shared by representational artists?
  • What might be the aesthetics of 21st Century representational art
  • The possibility of cross-cultural aesthetics in representational art
  • Does the democratic popularity of representational art confer on it any unique value or potentiality?
  • The internet and contemporary representational art
  • Do globalization and rapid cultural change provide uniquely relevant material for representational artists?
  • The aesthetic contribution of the craft aspect of representational art
  • The 21st Century representational art movement as a renaissance
  • Allegorical symbolism in the new millennium
  • Can representational art convey truth? If so, how, and of what kind?
  • Morality and politics in 21st century representational art
  • Idealism, imagination and representation
  • Aesthetic analyses (not autobiographical) of significant contemporary works of representational art
  • What is the relation to reality of the authentic representational artist?

TRAC 2014 - The Representational Art Conference brings together the representational art community, including:

  • Art Historians
  • Academic Studio Artists
  • Art Students
  • Professional Studio Artists
  • Gallery Professionals
  • Critics
  • Museum Professionals
  • Art Collectors

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Event Categories

Arts: Drawing & Painting, Film & Video, Literature, Museums & Galleries, Photography, Sculpture, Visual arts
Science: Arts studies

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