Hanuman
The Hanuman series of over 20 pictures was inspired by Hans's trip in autumn 1998 from London to Vrindavan, India overland by bus. An epic journey taking him through Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Jerusalem, Iran, Pakistan and finally into India.
Hans pays homage to eastern spirituality in an unconventional portrayal of characters and episodes from the great Indian epic the Ramayana. The impressions from his travels form the background to the story of Hanuman, the Indian monkey god and personification of devotion. When Sita is abducted by the evil Ravanna her beloved husband Rama and his brother Lakshman set out to find her. In the course of their search they meet Hanuman who sets himself the task of finding Sita. Hanuman embodies a centrally important moral principle, how to discover your own potential in the face of great challenges.
The work was produced during the years 1998 to 2001 and has been widely shown including exhibitions in Berlin and Russelsheim curated Dagmar Eichhorn. A catalogue "The Hanuman Cycle" Overland to India" has been published by Opel. The catalogue text to the pictures is reproduced below the pictures when they are selected.
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The Hanuman series of over 20 pictures was inspired by Hans's trip in autumn 1998 from London to Vrindavan, India overland by bus. An epic journey taking him through Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Jerusalem, Iran, Pakistan and finally into India.
Hans pays homage to eastern spirituality in an unconventional portrayal of characters and episodes from the great Indian epic the Ramayana. The impressions from his travels form the background to the story of Hanuman, the Indian monkey god and personification of devotion. When Sita is abducted by the evil Ravanna her beloved husband Rama and his brother Lakshman set out to find her. In the course of their search they meet Hanuman who sets himself the task of finding Sita. Hanuman embodies a centrally important moral principle, how to discover your own potential in the face of great challenges.
The work was produced during the years 1998 to 2001 and has been widely shown including exhibitions in Berlin and Russelsheim curated Dagmar Eichhorn. A catalogue "The Hanuman Cycle" Overland to India" has been published by Opel. The catalogue text to the pictures is reproduced below the pictures when they are selected.
Copyright Hans Diebschlag All Rights Reserved
1 David and Goliath
David and Goliath / David und Goliath (1998)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
29.5 x 38 cm
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This picture is the first in the series as it was the last picture I painted before I went to India.
There is a drawing by Giorgione of David and Goliath in which he made a double portrait of himself. I have used this idea with regard to the father-son relationship. The toppled statue of my father is, metaphorically speaking, an understanding and rejection of some of the values of the previous generation, and the man in the picture seems to be thinking about what to do next. In the background is the Opel power station. Around the time this picture was painted, I was thinking of a thirty year old dream of mine, to travel overland to India. When my generation did this trip in the 1960's, I was at University. This trip goes hand in hand with the “self discovery”, that had started with Freud and Jung, and which then led me to European, Greek and Indian philosophies.
David and Goliath / David und Goliath (1998)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
29.5 x 38 cm
Sold
This picture is the first in the series as it was the last picture I painted before I went to India.
There is a drawing by Giorgione of David and Goliath in which he made a double portrait of himself. I have used this idea with regard to the father-son relationship. The toppled statue of my father is, metaphorically speaking, an understanding and rejection of some of the values of the previous generation, and the man in the picture seems to be thinking about what to do next. In the background is the Opel power station. Around the time this picture was painted, I was thinking of a thirty year old dream of mine, to travel overland to India. When my generation did this trip in the 1960's, I was at University. This trip goes hand in hand with the “self discovery”, that had started with Freud and Jung, and which then led me to European, Greek and Indian philosophies.
hans diebschlag
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