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The Phoenix Years

By Madeleine O'Dea
Published by Pegasus Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

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.

About The Author
Madeleine O'Dea

Madeleine O'Dea is a writer and journalist who has been covering the political, economic and cultural life of China for the past three decades. She first went to Beijing in 1986 as the correspondent for the Australian Financial Review newspaper, and covered China through the 1990s as a producer with ABC Television. She was the founding editor-in-chief of Artinfo China and the Asia correspondent for Art + Auction and Modern Painters magazines. She has written for a range of other publications including Guardian, The Art Newspaper, Bazaar Art, Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and The Australian.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books (October 3, 2017)
  • Length: 360 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781681775883

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The Phoenix Years

By Madeleine O'Dea
Published by Pegasus Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster