Exhibition

The Door Opened: 1980s China

26 Oct 2018 – 30 Nov 2018

Event times

Mon - Fri
9 - 5

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Free

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An exhibition of photography documenting the transformation of China as the vast nation reformed and opened up to the world.

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British photojournalist Adrian Bradshaw came as a student to Beijing in 1984 just as everyday life was in flux. Caught up in the ferment of the time he went on to spend three decades documenting the transformation of China as the vast nation reformed and opened up to the world.

Bradshaw, then in his 20s, was in the company of the young people who embraced this time of opportunity. The majority of China’s population then was under 25 and it was largely their energy and creativity that powered the changes now reverberating around the world: the artists, entrepreneurs, farmers and industrialists whose enthusiasm and positivity made things happen were, at the time these pictures were taken, just beginning to sense the possibilities.

This exhibition in association with the Confucius Institute at Oxford Brookes University is a vivid record of a pivotal period in modern history that deserves greater understanding.

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Adrian Bradshaw

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