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The Phoenix Years - Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern China (Hardcover)
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The Phoenix Years - Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern China (Hardcover)
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The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to
global giant in the past four decades is illuminated by another,
equally fascinating, narrative beneath its surface—the story of
the country's emerging artistic avant-garde and the Chinese
people's ongoing struggle for freedom of expression. Â By
following the stories of nine contemporary Chinese
artists, The Phoenix Years shows how China's rise
unleashed creativity, thwarted hopes, and sparked tensions between
the individual and the state that continue to this day. It relates
the heady years of hope and creativity in the 1980s, which ended in
the disaster of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Following that
tragedy comes China's meteoric economic rise, and the opportunities
that emerged alongside the difficult compromises artists and others
have to make to be citizens in modern China. Foreign correspondent
Madeleine O'Dea has been an eyewitness for over thirty years to the
rise of China, the explosion of its contemporary art and cultural
scene, and the long, ongoing struggle for free expression. The
stories of these artists and their art mirror the history of their
country. The Phoenix Years is vital reading for anyone
interested in China today.
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