Konstnärens Överlevnad - En studie i livet som yrkesverksam konstnär
(2013)Malmö Academy of Music
- Abstract
- The purpose of the present study has been to explore artists and their life-choices in and works of today, how to lead a life and how to make a profession count. The allembracing research question is: “What does an artist’s life look like in today’s society?”. The study looks at the reason that they have chosen their profession and the possibilities in promoting themselves and how they survive both economically and socially in the society.The study is based on interviews with three artists. The interviews have been analysed and compared with each other and with literature dealing with art/artists and the choice of a profession in art in different forms. Five conceptions are the result of the study and
answer the overall research... (More) - The purpose of the present study has been to explore artists and their life-choices in and works of today, how to lead a life and how to make a profession count. The allembracing research question is: “What does an artist’s life look like in today’s society?”. The study looks at the reason that they have chosen their profession and the possibilities in promoting themselves and how they survive both economically and socially in the society.The study is based on interviews with three artists. The interviews have been analysed and compared with each other and with literature dealing with art/artists and the choice of a profession in art in different forms. Five conceptions are the result of the study and
answer the overall research questions. Through the questions asked with three research questions in focus, these five categories have dominated among the artists during the interview: the driving force, the audience, the creativity, the stimulation/growth and the self-fulfilment.
As the participants´ professions are of different genres of art the complexity of the study grew. The artists have different experiences due to the genre of artistic work. Painting can for instance be lonely in a quiet environment, while a musician can be dependent on
a group of people playing different instruments. A dancer emanate from another perspective than a painter concerning for example the audience and so forth. In all three genres; painting, music and dance, there are common areas of the above mentioned conceptions. As the genres differ in ways of working, the conceptions are not projected
exactly the same, naturally. (Less)
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- author
- Dahlström, Karolina
- supervisor
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- Anna Houmann LU
- organization
- alternative title
- The survival of an artist
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- driving force, audience, creativity, stimulation/growth and the selffulfilment
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4067285
- date added to LUP
- 2013-10-29 16:26:27
- date last changed
- 2013-10-29 16:26:27
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abstract = {{The purpose of the present study has been to explore artists and their life-choices in and works of today, how to lead a life and how to make a profession count. The allembracing research question is: “What does an artist’s life look like in today’s society?”. The study looks at the reason that they have chosen their profession and the possibilities in promoting themselves and how they survive both economically and socially in the society.The study is based on interviews with three artists. The interviews have been analysed and compared with each other and with literature dealing with art/artists and the choice of a profession in art in different forms. Five conceptions are the result of the study and
answer the overall research questions. Through the questions asked with three research questions in focus, these five categories have dominated among the artists during the interview: the driving force, the audience, the creativity, the stimulation/growth and the self-fulfilment.
As the participants´ professions are of different genres of art the complexity of the study grew. The artists have different experiences due to the genre of artistic work. Painting can for instance be lonely in a quiet environment, while a musician can be dependent on
a group of people playing different instruments. A dancer emanate from another perspective than a painter concerning for example the audience and so forth. In all three genres; painting, music and dance, there are common areas of the above mentioned conceptions. As the genres differ in ways of working, the conceptions are not projected
exactly the same, naturally.}},
author = {{Dahlström, Karolina}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Konstnärens Överlevnad - En studie i livet som yrkesverksam konstnär}},
year = {{2013}},
}