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
9 Jordan
Petrol Station in Jordan : The Vulture Sampati Tells the Monkeys Where to Find Sita / Tankstelle in Jordanien : Der Geier Sampati erzaehlt wo Sita zu finden ist (2000)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
73 x 53 cm
Sold
On the way to the Dead Sea we stopped at this petrol station for a quick lunch. On a trip like this you become a connoisseur of petrol stations and their attendants, especially when you are completely lost. Imagine my surprise when we found out that diesel fuel in Iran is completely free of charge but the attendant expects a tip for filling up the bus. This station was kept immaculate; even the gas bottles looked like sentries in their little houses. A petrol station like this seemed to me to be exactly the sort of place where the monkeys, who were searching high and low for Sita, finally found a clue: the old vulture Sampati who had lost his wings trying to protect his brother from the rays of the sun (one is reminded of Icarus), has seen Ravanna carrying Sita towards Lanka. The delighted monkeys, Hanuman among them, immediately set out for Lanka, and Sampati's wings start to grow again
Petrol Station in Jordan : The Vulture Sampati Tells the Monkeys Where to Find Sita / Tankstelle in Jordanien : Der Geier Sampati erzaehlt wo Sita zu finden ist (2000)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
73 x 53 cm
Sold
On the way to the Dead Sea we stopped at this petrol station for a quick lunch. On a trip like this you become a connoisseur of petrol stations and their attendants, especially when you are completely lost. Imagine my surprise when we found out that diesel fuel in Iran is completely free of charge but the attendant expects a tip for filling up the bus. This station was kept immaculate; even the gas bottles looked like sentries in their little houses. A petrol station like this seemed to me to be exactly the sort of place where the monkeys, who were searching high and low for Sita, finally found a clue: the old vulture Sampati who had lost his wings trying to protect his brother from the rays of the sun (one is reminded of Icarus), has seen Ravanna carrying Sita towards Lanka. The delighted monkeys, Hanuman among them, immediately set out for Lanka, and Sampati's wings start to grow again
hans diebschlag
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