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| Name | | Lotus Candle, CHEN Xiaoping |
| Price, USD | | 100.00 |
| Status | | Not for sale |
| Size, cm
| | 120.0 x 120.0 cm /switch |
| Artist | | Chen Xiaoping |
| Edition | | Original |
| Style | |
Realism |
| Theme | |
Spirituality |
| Media | |
Oil on canvas |
| Description | |
Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance Art Exhibition is a project by Falun Dafa practitioners who express both the beauty of this traditional Chinese cultivation practice as well as the horror of the persecution that it suffers from in China
Numerous candlelight vigils have been held around the world to remember Falun Gong practitioners who have died from torture. The lotus flower is a symbol of enduring beauty and purity in Chinese culture.
Truth, Compassion, Tolerance:
The Art of a Higher Good
From the dawn of antiquity people have probed the profundities and mysteries of life, asking what is man¡¯s place in nature and how the human condition is to be understood. Perhaps nowhere was such inquiry more esteemed than in China¡¯s traditional culture, where man was seen as an integral part of nature. In that culture great consideration was given to the workings of the heavens, the qualities of the land, and harmony between people, and it was in the dynamic balance of such things that the sage sought concordance with Nature. Distilled in three laws, that Nature is: truth, compassion, and tolerance. The wellspring of all that may be called good, these laws lay at the heart of so much that humanity cherishes, be it moral values, freedom, or even peace. They undergird and yet surpass divisions of place and time, culture, the religious and the political. Eternal and ubiquitous, they are the spirit of life itself.
For the artist whose work bespeaks of a search for the true meaning of life, that eulogizes the divine, or grapples with questions even of good and evil, little can it be said that her work is meant merely to please or entertain. She creates, instead, to inspire in the viewer a higher wisdom or truth. The work of art is not here so much material as vehicle, the promise of which is passage to truth. What imbues the true work of art with an enduring, or universal, quality is its capacity to transcend situated, temporal ideas of beauty. It stands capable of cleansing the soul and ennobling the spirit. Only endowed with these traits may a work of art endure the test of time.
The works in this exhibit were created by a diverse group of accomplished artists. Through the practice of Falun Dafa¡ªan ancient Chinese tradition of meditation and self-improvement¡ªthey have gained health in both body and mind, deepened their grasp of the workings of nature, and found answers to a lifelong search for the greater meanings of art and life. Abiding by the way of truth, compassion, tolerance, they have witnessed their lives opening up to a process of constant renewal in which false notions and attachments melt away in favor of a truer, innate self. It is a path of return, they tell, a path of recuperating a lost, higher self. In this exhibit the artists depict a vision of the world, their own first-hand experiences, and what it means to be part of the body of spiritual aspirants who seek to embody and perfect the virtues of truth, compassion, and tolerance.
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The exhibit is composed of four parts:
Part 1: The Beauty of Self-Cultivation
Part 2: Uncompromising Courage
Part 3: The Call for Justice
Part 4: Justice Prevails
These works poetically suggest the beauty of a life lived in keeping with a higher order¡ªa life elevated by its accord with truth, compassion, tolerance¡ªwhile depicting, in turn, the grim realities of cruel persecution that Falun Dafa has faced at the hands of China¡¯s Communist regime. In several of the latter works one finds a deep conviction in the workings of a higher, moral order, manifest as the meeting out of divine retribution. But amidst the wrenching inhumanity of torture and violence¡ªwhere freedom, dignity, and goodness seem surely eclipsed¡ªwe see ordinary people becoming extraordinary. For here, in the darkest of quarters, the power of principled belief shines forth and empowers the meek with a breadth of mind and stamina far greater than the ordeals forced upon them. Truth, compassion, tolerance is here infused in the very marrow of the wounded, making victor of victim. The message is ultimately one of hope and triumph. |
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| Artist Chen Xiaoping |
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| CHEN Xiaoping was born in Mainland China and now resides in Canada. She studied watercolor and ceramics at the University of Mariana in 1997. Her work has been featured in private ... |
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