TY - GEN N2 - This book is distinctive in exploring Eastern European art since World War Two. It focuses on the period after Stalin, covering the response by and legacy of Soviet domination of the region, especially looking at the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Georgia, Central Asia and influence of Russia/Soviet Union in Asia. It explores the theoretical models developed for understanding contemporary art across Eastern Europe and pays attention to the new generation of Georgian artists who emerged in the immediate years before and after the countrys independence from the Soviet Union; the Ukrainian artists after the events of Maidan in 2014 and legacy and debates around monuments across Eastern Europe. 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). DO - 10.1007/978-981-33-6574-2 DO - doi AB - This book is distinctive in exploring Eastern European art since World War Two. It focuses on the period after Stalin, covering the response by and legacy of Soviet domination of the region, especially looking at the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Georgia, Central Asia and influence of Russia/Soviet Union in Asia. It explores the theoretical models developed for understanding contemporary art across Eastern Europe and pays attention to the new generation of Georgian artists who emerged in the immediate years before and after the countrys independence from the Soviet Union; the Ukrainian artists after the events of Maidan in 2014 and legacy and debates around monuments across Eastern Europe. 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). T1 - In the sphere of the Soviets :essays on the cultural legacy of the Soviet Union / AU - Merewether, Charles, CN - N6988 ID - 1434087 KW - Art, Soviet. KW - Art, Russian KW - Art, Ukrainian KW - Art, Georgian (South Caucasian) KW - Art, Central Asian KW - Communism and art. KW - Communist aesthetics. KW - Art soviétique. KW - Art russe KW - Art ukrainien KW - Art géorgien KW - Art de l'Asie centrale KW - Communisme et art. KW - Esthétique communiste. SN - 9813365749 SN - 9789813365742 TI - In the sphere of the Soviets :essays on the cultural legacy of the Soviet Union / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-33-6574-2 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-33-6574-2 ER -