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Wars begin in the minds of men. It is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed. Today, people live in a world of diverse cultures, races, skin colors, religions and social institutions. Clashes and misunderstanding among civilizations result in wars throughout human history. Art is the shared language of human beings. By pursuing the true, the good and the beautiful with works, artists help remove misunderstanding, prejudice and hatred and promote peace.

On July 3rd 2019, “Peace and Society”, the parallel session of “Art for Peace” Forum Session was held in Penang. Over 200 experts, scholars as well as representatives from Asia and Europe were presented at the event. Lin Xiangxiong, the initiator of the forum, expressed in his opening remarks that it is the responsibility of an artist to promote dialogues among civilizations. This is also the hope that the era has in them.

In the opening speech, Lu Shiwei, China’s consul-general to Penang stated that art is the shared language among human beings. At this forum, experts and scholars from across countries can communicate with each other and finally arrive at a consensus. They promote cultural exchanges among people with different background and contribute to building a world of harmony and peace.

According to Chow Kon Yeow, the chief minister of Penang, the George Town is attracting more tourists and creative events after being listed as a world heritage area by the UNESCO in 2008. With an office of the UNESCO's World Heritage Centre settled in this city, Penang would work more closely with the rest of the world.

Lin Xiangxiong holds several titles: The founding president of the International Yanhuang Culture &Research Association; the guest professor of the School of Arts at Peking University; the senior researcher of Institute for Advanced Study of Arts and Humanities under Chinese National Academy of Arts; and a reputed artist. Over the years, Lin Xiangxiong has been dedicated to fighting against wars, eliminating poverty, helping the disadvantaged groups, calling for world peace and sustainable development, encouraging cultural diversity, and promoting peace worldwide with actions.

In the keynote speech, Lin Xiangxiong talked about from the origin of art, the evolution of the Eastern and Western fine arts, to the contemporaneity and social responsibility of artist creations. Lin Xiangxiong also mentioned about his work “Paintings to Portray Human Sufferings”. It is composed of 66 pieces of art works in the chronological order, expressing his artistic ideas and creation purposes. This work is constitute of three series.

The “Weaker Social Groups” series focus on the livelihood of human beings and are the epitome of the times and the society

These 22 works present the life of the grass-roots laborers in the Southeast Asia, reflecting the livelihood of human beings and are the epitome of the times and the society.

“Natural Disasters & Man-made Calamity”, the second series of “Paintings to Portray Human Sufferings”, depict disasters such as flood, fire, drought and climate change caused by the evolution of the nature, the ecological unbalance and the environmental pollution.

“Wars”, the third series of “Paintings to Portray Human Sufferings”, express people’s lust for power since civilization. The human society has been suffering from economic plundering and wars.

Art plays an important social role in the history of human civilization and in the cultural system. It is the objective understanding of realities. It combines moral education with aesthetics and thus supplements the social cultural system. Art and society thus come into being. Their perfect combination safeguards human civilization despite of conflicts. Artists, the creators of art, express their ideas in diverse forms with varied creation media, which serve as the carrier of the complete integration of human and art and inspires the audience. Human civilization is thus integrated and elevated.

For Lin Xiangxiong, the change of the world begins with our mind. He wishes that more people pursue peace with art, and speak out to contribute to the peace of the world. Lin Xiangxiong was born in Shantou, Guangdong, China in 1945. In 1956, he moved to the Southeast Asia to study fine arts at the School of the Arts in Singapore. In 1971, he went to Paris to learn painting and travelled among countries in the West Europe for field trips and art creation. Understanding the cultural differences between the East and the West, over the past decade, Lin Xiangxiong launched “Civilization Dialogue” and “Art for Peace”, and won the recognition of many western and eastern scholars

In 2015, upon the invitation of European Capital of Culture in Mons, Lin Xiangxiong held a three-month exhibition at Le Bois du Cazier. Themed on anti-war, anti-pollution and anti-poverty, his works shocked the Western art world. After a th