Konsten i periferin
En studie av villkoren för kulturskapare på landsbygden i Värmland, med fokus på Alma Löv och konstnärerna Broos
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the political ambitions regarding culture inVärmland, and the situation for artists living on the countryside in Värmland. This meansthat the conditions surronding the artists situation will be looked upon. I have chosen thepolitical document Kulturplanen, created by Region Värmland, as my guideline to whatkind of political view there is on art and cultures role in the region. Furthermore, I havechosen Pierre Bourdieu`s theory about art as a field controlled by and under the influenceof different rules within the filed itself and what or whom has the power to act and be apart of the filed. I also use interviews as my method for this study. The purpose is to learnmore about and understand the experiences expressed by the artists themselves. The mainfocus of this study is the Art project and Art museum Alma Löv, and the artist Karin andMarc Broos. A comparison between the political agenda concerning culture in Värmlandand the situation described by the artists themselves is also made. The analysis is held as adiscussion where I look at the different parts and by comparing them create anunderstanding regarding the conditions and thee situation for art and culture. I found thatthe role and the support given to art and culture in the region often has to do with the ideaof creating side effects rather than supporting art for arts own sake. According to myanalysis there is a danger in losing sight of the values that art itself can offer and manyartists struggle to make it work which I argue has to do with the political ambitions.