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
7 Meteora
Meteora : Hanuman, Pan and Fatima / Meteora : Hanuman, Pan und Fatima (1999)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
73 x 61 cm
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Under a starry sky the small ferry took us from Brindisi to Greece. We sat around on the deck with our gin and tonics and talked of the Greece of our childhood dreams. Indeed, while the bus drove sometimes over the clouds, and at other times through sun flooded valleys, the images of Greek mythology came alive for me.
Meteora, a place of pilgrimage for the Greek Orthodox faith, with its monasteries like swallows nests on top of sheer cliffs, made a deep impression on me. When the bus drove through Meteora, I saw a man with a gold framed mirror walking down the street, completely absorbed in the reflection of his smiling face. I made a sketch of the scene and later it grew into this picture.
Hanuman, now with a Turkish Fez on his head, holds a key; Pan, dressed as a court jester holds the mirror up to himself; and Fatima meets them on this street corner. I always think of Hanuman as the grandfather of Pan, a monkey still in the process of becoming truly human. Pan, half goat and half human, is also visibly evolving, while Fatima is always complete and never changes, except for her name, which is different from culture to culture. Her painted eyes stare at me from the trucks, to keep the evil eye away
Meteora : Hanuman, Pan and Fatima / Meteora : Hanuman, Pan und Fatima (1999)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
73 x 61 cm
Sold
Under a starry sky the small ferry took us from Brindisi to Greece. We sat around on the deck with our gin and tonics and talked of the Greece of our childhood dreams. Indeed, while the bus drove sometimes over the clouds, and at other times through sun flooded valleys, the images of Greek mythology came alive for me.
Meteora, a place of pilgrimage for the Greek Orthodox faith, with its monasteries like swallows nests on top of sheer cliffs, made a deep impression on me. When the bus drove through Meteora, I saw a man with a gold framed mirror walking down the street, completely absorbed in the reflection of his smiling face. I made a sketch of the scene and later it grew into this picture.
Hanuman, now with a Turkish Fez on his head, holds a key; Pan, dressed as a court jester holds the mirror up to himself; and Fatima meets them on this street corner. I always think of Hanuman as the grandfather of Pan, a monkey still in the process of becoming truly human. Pan, half goat and half human, is also visibly evolving, while Fatima is always complete and never changes, except for her name, which is different from culture to culture. Her painted eyes stare at me from the trucks, to keep the evil eye away
hans diebschlag
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