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
17 Hanuman and Alexander
Hanuman and Alexander the Great / Hanuman und Alexander der Grosse (2000)
Oil and tempera on canvas
78 x 57cm
Not For Sale
Now we come to the final destination of my trip. On the way to Agra, the bus stopped for a moment at the turnoff to Vrindavan and I jumped out with my backpack while the bus continued on its way to Kathmandu. I had finally arrived after eight weeks of traveling and dived into a world very different from mine and yet strangely familiar.
There are written records by the Greeks of a philosophical dialogue between Alexander the Great and his Generals with Indian sages and hermits, possibly one of the first East-West dialogues that came back to Europe. These records show the great surprise of the Greeks that they could discuss the ideas of Plato and Socrates with these naked men who sat on the earth in the dust.
Because I felt, after my long trip, a little like Alexander the Great, he appears in my picture with a toy sword. I tried to imagine one of these ancient dialogues, and in the following days I also had conversations with all kind of people that touched me deeply.
Hanuman and Alexander the Great / Hanuman und Alexander der Grosse (2000)
Oil and tempera on canvas
78 x 57cm
Not For Sale
Now we come to the final destination of my trip. On the way to Agra, the bus stopped for a moment at the turnoff to Vrindavan and I jumped out with my backpack while the bus continued on its way to Kathmandu. I had finally arrived after eight weeks of traveling and dived into a world very different from mine and yet strangely familiar.
There are written records by the Greeks of a philosophical dialogue between Alexander the Great and his Generals with Indian sages and hermits, possibly one of the first East-West dialogues that came back to Europe. These records show the great surprise of the Greeks that they could discuss the ideas of Plato and Socrates with these naked men who sat on the earth in the dust.
Because I felt, after my long trip, a little like Alexander the Great, he appears in my picture with a toy sword. I tried to imagine one of these ancient dialogues, and in the following days I also had conversations with all kind of people that touched me deeply.
hans diebschlag
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