From July 23rd to July 30th, the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” Art Exhibition was held in Copenhagen for the first time. This art exhibition was co-hosted by the Danish Falun Gong Association and the Danish North European Asia Art Association, displaying about twenty works of art.
The art works exhibited are all created by artists who are Falun Gong practitioners. It has been displayed in over ten countries and regions around the world and shocked the minds of people. These artworks tell people true stories which happened to Falun Gong practitioners. They express the beauty of Falun Gong and practitioners’ unyielding magnificent course in their practice of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” in the face of persecution. This exhibition was displayed in the Danish capital for the first time. It also moved and shocked the Danish people and tourists from around the world.
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After viewing the artworks, many people wanted to know what Falun Gong is about and why Falun Gong practitioners stay so strong and firm faced with such a brutal persecution. Many people signed the “Millions of Signatures” petition calling for the immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong, expressing their strong voice to support Falun Gong. The Danish leaflets “Introduction to Falun Gong” became the most popular material for everyone.
Danish people are renowned for their design skill in the world. They are very capable of understanding and appreciating art works. At this “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” Art Exhibition, many people talked to practitioners for long time after viewing the exhibition. There were also many people repeatedly coming back to view the exhibition, some for four or five times. They read the introduction to each art work and looked at them very carefully. Many people were moved by tranquillity expressed in the painting < The paintings deliver a strong message A westerner stood in front of the painting "Suffering in the middle kingdom" for a long time. He said to practitioners: “From this painting, I can see the painting expressed the past, the present and the future. Her husband was persecuted to death in the past. She is very sad sitting beside her husband’s body. But from her eyes I have already seen her uncompromising determination and what her future is. She will continue to persist in her belief.”
Another person viewed with concentrated attention the painting "Why" and would not move her eyes away. In the painting a mother has bruises all over her body and lies on the ground of a prison cell. Her little son was detained with her in the cell. Later he bought a copy of the painting so that he can keep it.
The hearts of innocent children are moved "Poisonous Injection" is the painting received most attentions from the children. The painting depicts an evil policeman injecting poisonous liquid into a female Falun Gong practitioner. Her righteous expression forms a striking contrast with dreadful expression of the evil policeman. Children can all distinguish between right and wrong.
One child stood in front of the paintings and didn’t want to leave even when her mother urged her to leave. She pointed to one painting and asked her mother many questions. Finally her mother changed her mind and stayed with her daughter. They listened attentively to the explanation of each painting. The mother said: “Maybe it is good to let the child know that there is still such dark side in the world and innocent people are still being persecuted.”
Practitioner Christina specifically came to see the exhibition from Sweden. She said: “One day a little girl stood in front of the painting "Buddha" and looked at it for some time. Suddenly she said, pointing at the painting, “Buddha!”
“I decide to bring this unusual art exhibition to my classroom and introduce it to my students”
Anne Karin is an art teacher in a primary school. After she carefully viewed the exhibition, she came back in last day and bought the picture album and copies of the artworks. She said: “Because I am engaged in the art myself, I feel these artworks have very high artistic level and inner meaning. I appreciate them greatly. Thus I decide to bring this unusual art exhibition to my classroom and introduce it to my students. It will help my student to learn what the reality in China is.” She wrote in the visitor’s book: “I hope the day the persecution ends comes very quickly.”
Lars Konradsen is a university student doing media studies. He came to the exhibition a few times. After seeing each painting with great attention, he said: “I think each painting here delivers a strong message. I am quite shocked.” When practitioners introduced him to Falun Gong, he took out his tape recorder and recorded the conversation. He said he hoped to establish a small radio station in his university so everyone can listen to these things. He invited practitioners to go to the Park in his university and demonstrate the exercises to students so they can learn the beauty of Falun Gong.
Establish predestined relation with Falun Gong
Klaus is Danish who used to work as an English teacher in China. By chance he came to the art exhibition. After viewing he said there are no words to describe his hearted felt shock. During a few years in China, he had never heard of the situation reflected in this exhibition. He was very shocked and couldn’t believe his eyes. He couldn’t understand why he never heard of these while in China. Is such brutal persecution real? He anxiously asked every Falun Gong practitioner on the scene and talked to them one after another.
Practitioners told him that in Mainland China people are deprived of their basic rights to know the truth. The whole country is being poisoned by the wicked Party’s lie machine. They told him the beauty of Falun Gong through their own experience and understanding. After four hours talking, Klaus understood the truth. He held tightly a western practitioner’s hands to express his gratitude and said he would contact Falun Gong practitioners again.
A Danish lady viewed each painting very carefully. Slowly her eyes were filled with tears. She took off her glasses and tried continuously to wipe her tears. Finally she could no longer control her emotion. She walked out the exhibition room and sobbed while sitting on a bench. After calming herself down a bit, she said: “It is so evil to crush one’s belief and spirit!” * * *
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Ole Petersen works in a cultural gallery. He said: “During my work today, I specifically came here many times because I want to look at the paintings again. I think these paintings are extremely valuable. This is not just my personal view, it is a fact. These paintings deliver a very strong message to me. I am certain it also affects other people. I want to say that it is a pity if people miss seeing these paintings because they are the best art works I have seen.”
The art exhibition also attracted many pure and innocent children. They liked it very much. After viewing "No Home to Return To", a girl asked her mother to buy the copy of the painting.
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