The Aesthetics of 21st Century - Panel Discussion Panelists: Jan-Ove Tuv (Classical painter), William Havlicek (Painter and writer), Alan Lawson (Realist painter), Julio Reyes (Realist painter) and Stephen Hicks (Philosopher). Moderator: Peter Trippi (Editor-in-chief - Fine Art Connosieur) TRAC 2014 was held at Crown Plaza hotel in Ventura, CA. The main topics of discussion: Odd Nerdrum's Kitsch and Roger Scruton's Beauty. Producers of The Representational Art Conference 2014 was Michael Pearce & Michael Lynn Adams. http://www.trac2014.org/ http://nerdrummuseum.com Recorded by Nerdrum Pictures. http://nerdrumpictures.no/

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1. Very skeptical of these neo-modernist views on kitsch. I become very uncomfortable with extreme realistic and sentimental depictions. Paint a traditional religious scene in these new kitsch styles, and you will feel that discomfort very palpably. For me, a building on early Renaissance models is a key to getting back what we have lost. Della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Bellini. For me the return to sincere religious belief plays a part in sincerity and beauty.
2. So glad to watch this as it reflects so many issue I have with modern art. A friend of mine recently returned to Australia from the USA and said she visited some Art Galleries. She saw some Modern Art and felt at a loss as to how she felt about it saying there were things like installations and other "stuff" she had no idea about what it was saying. She didn,t have the patience to try and figure it out so ignored it. She referred to it as CRAP ART. I thought about this and it occurred to me how many people refer to Modern,Contemporary  Art as CRAP ART. Maybe I solved your problem just call their stuff CRAP ART and the GOOD Stuff FINE ART so that the general public know what to expect when they go to a Gallery. There, problem solved .
3. Art is the moment entirely.
4. In so far as the subject-object distinction remains, we cannot move beyond our affliction. Art is not merely that object against which the subject must rise up and grapple with; art is that which reveals itself in itself in its phenomenal entirety, not mere re-presentation. If we are to overcome this malady, art must be conceived as not representation, but as Being in its phenomenal entirety.
5. Thank you so much for posting this.