Public Art Between Authoritarianism and Democracy (The Case of the Maidan Protest in Ukraine)
Journal: CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York)
Year: 2017

This thesis explores the spatial organization and public art of Kyiv’s Independence Square to address broader social and political realities after the Maidan protests of 2013-14. Using theories of power and ideology, this study demonstrates how the discourse on public art reflects the political situation of post-revolutionary Ukraine, and how public engagement with urban space signals a paradigmatic shift in the developing country’s process of self-identification. The purpose of this thesis is t