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?