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
13 Persepolis
Persepolis : Triumphant Return to Ayodhya / Persepolis : Triumphaler Einzug in Ayodhya (1999)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
80 x 61 cm
Sold
From Palmyra the bus drove through Kurdistan into Iran. After days of traveling through the Iranian desert, the bus suddenly stopped for a two hour visit at Persepolis, the old capitol of Persia. By now, most of my travel companions had “ruin fatigue” and used the stop for a nap while I, appalled at their laziness, walked into the ruined city. The two square miles of windswept plateau leave me completely speechless. Stretching for hundreds of yards, I see the finest polished relief carvings, often in perfect condition, fashioned in an attempt to represent here the whole world and everything in it. Plants, trees, animals, people of various races and dress, household goods — all depicted in the finest detail. It seemed to me that this endless procession was moving along the same route as we were in our bus today. This is the setting for the triumphal entrance of our heroes (now in Persian dress) into their kingdom, Ayodhya, after Ravanna has been overcome. At the bottom of the scene is a caricature of our “monkey bus”, the passengers devoting their time to the pleasures of today.
Persepolis : Triumphant Return to Ayodhya / Persepolis : Triumphaler Einzug in Ayodhya (1999)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
80 x 61 cm
Sold
From Palmyra the bus drove through Kurdistan into Iran. After days of traveling through the Iranian desert, the bus suddenly stopped for a two hour visit at Persepolis, the old capitol of Persia. By now, most of my travel companions had “ruin fatigue” and used the stop for a nap while I, appalled at their laziness, walked into the ruined city. The two square miles of windswept plateau leave me completely speechless. Stretching for hundreds of yards, I see the finest polished relief carvings, often in perfect condition, fashioned in an attempt to represent here the whole world and everything in it. Plants, trees, animals, people of various races and dress, household goods — all depicted in the finest detail. It seemed to me that this endless procession was moving along the same route as we were in our bus today. This is the setting for the triumphal entrance of our heroes (now in Persian dress) into their kingdom, Ayodhya, after Ravanna has been overcome. At the bottom of the scene is a caricature of our “monkey bus”, the passengers devoting their time to the pleasures of today.
hans diebschlag
Site designed by pr23 - ww.pr23.co.uk
Created with insao::play - www.insao.co.uk
Created with insao::play - www.insao.co.uk