Overview
Is distinctive in exploring Eastern European art since World War Two
Focuses on the period after Stalin, covering the response by and legacy of Soviet domination of the region
Explores the theoretical models developed for understanding contemporary art across Eastern Europe
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Front Matter
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About this book
The book distinctive is listed in points (i) it focuses on Eastern European art covering the historical avant-garde to the post-war and contemporary periods of; (ii) it looks at some key artists in the countries that have not been given so much attention within this content i.e. Georgia, Dagestan, Chechnya and Central Asia; (iii) it looks beyond Eastern Europe to the influence of Russia/Soviet Union in Asia.
It explores the theoretical models developed for understanding contemporary art across Eastern Europe and focus on the new generation of Georgian artists who emerged in the immediate years before and after the country’s independence from the Soviet Union; and on to discuss the legacy and debates around monuments across Poland, Russia and Ukraine.helps in Better understanding the postwar and contemporary art in Eastern Europe.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Charles Merewether is an art historian, the author and the curator who has worked in Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. Merewether has worked and lived in Tbilisi, Georgia, over the past 4 years. He is the author of books and many articles about contemporary art, including his books State of Play (2017), After Memory: The Art of Milenko Prvacki and Under Construction: Ai Weiwei (2008). He was the co-editor of After the Event (2010) and the editor of both Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art: Experimentations in the Public Sphere in Postwar Japan 1950-1970, (2007) and The Archive (2006).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: In the Sphere of The Soviets
Book Subtitle: Essays on the Cultural Legacy of the Soviet Union
Authors: Charles Merewether
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6574-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6573-5Published: 17 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6576-6Published: 18 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6574-2Published: 16 February 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 359
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Cultural History, Arts