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.
Copyright Hans Diebschlag All Rights Reserved
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
12 Palmyra
Palmyra : The Battle for Lanka / Palmyra : Die Schlacht um Lanka (2000)
Oil and tempera on canvas
85 x 52.5cm
For Sale
From Jerusalem the bus drove again into the Syrian desert, to the oasis Palmyra. In the midst of palms lie the ruins of several empires, as this was a trading post on the silk route to the Mediterranean Sea. In the middle of this ruined city, next to the bath house of the Queen of Sheba, is a small Greek theatre. Its backdrop is pictured in my painting. The gracefulness of this stage set seemed perfect to me for an “Indian tragedy”. As the Hanuman story exists in at least sixteen different versions for the stage, I propose this as the scene for the Battle of Lanka.
A son of the demon king Ravanna is able to make himself invisible, and when he arrives on the battlefield his arrows, which turn into snakes in flight, bind the monkeys and bears, and even Rama and Lakshman are unable to move. The monkey generals watch helplessly, but Hanuman enlists the aid of the bird Garuda, who is able to remove the snakes.
In their mythology, both the Celts and the Indians describe inner personal conflicts as battles in the exterior world. The invisible enemy within (Ravanna's son) is so deep in the Unconscious that it can't be seen when it attacks the Soul (Rama) and its Determination (Lakshman). Only through Devotion (Hanuman) this attack can be overcome.
Palmyra : The Battle for Lanka / Palmyra : Die Schlacht um Lanka (2000)
Oil and tempera on canvas
85 x 52.5cm
For Sale
From Jerusalem the bus drove again into the Syrian desert, to the oasis Palmyra. In the midst of palms lie the ruins of several empires, as this was a trading post on the silk route to the Mediterranean Sea. In the middle of this ruined city, next to the bath house of the Queen of Sheba, is a small Greek theatre. Its backdrop is pictured in my painting. The gracefulness of this stage set seemed perfect to me for an “Indian tragedy”. As the Hanuman story exists in at least sixteen different versions for the stage, I propose this as the scene for the Battle of Lanka.
A son of the demon king Ravanna is able to make himself invisible, and when he arrives on the battlefield his arrows, which turn into snakes in flight, bind the monkeys and bears, and even Rama and Lakshman are unable to move. The monkey generals watch helplessly, but Hanuman enlists the aid of the bird Garuda, who is able to remove the snakes.
In their mythology, both the Celts and the Indians describe inner personal conflicts as battles in the exterior world. The invisible enemy within (Ravanna's son) is so deep in the Unconscious that it can't be seen when it attacks the Soul (Rama) and its Determination (Lakshman). Only through Devotion (Hanuman) this attack can be overcome.
hans diebschlag
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