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
4 St Goar
St.Goar: Hanuman meets Rama and Lakshman / St.Goar: Hanuman trifft Rama und Lakshman (1999)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
57 x 73 cm
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Now we are in Germany, on the second day of the trip to India. The previous day, I had boarded a bus in London, heavily loaded with camping equipment, with sixteen people who claimed that I could have been their Dad, We spend the first night in St. Goar. It was frosty, in the middle of September. When we continued the next morning, I was amazed to see how strange the very familiar landscape of the Rhine valley seemed to me. I also remember very well that at that point I did not believe I would be able to travel with this bus all the way to India.
It is at this point that I have set the first meeting of Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman. Rama's wife Sita has been abducted by the evil demon Ravanna (the Ego), and Rama and his brother are looking for her. They are seen by the monkeys and the monkey king Sugriva sends his trusted advisor Hanuman, disguised as a Brahmin, to find out what the two men are looking for. Hanuman understands immediately that from now it will be his duty and destiny to serve Rama by finding Sita.
Again, I fitted the three figures into the German surroundings - Rama and Lakshman as foresters, and Hanuman as a monk.
St.Goar: Hanuman meets Rama and Lakshman / St.Goar: Hanuman trifft Rama und Lakshman (1999)
Oil and Tempera on canvas
57 x 73 cm
Sold
Now we are in Germany, on the second day of the trip to India. The previous day, I had boarded a bus in London, heavily loaded with camping equipment, with sixteen people who claimed that I could have been their Dad, We spend the first night in St. Goar. It was frosty, in the middle of September. When we continued the next morning, I was amazed to see how strange the very familiar landscape of the Rhine valley seemed to me. I also remember very well that at that point I did not believe I would be able to travel with this bus all the way to India.
It is at this point that I have set the first meeting of Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman. Rama's wife Sita has been abducted by the evil demon Ravanna (the Ego), and Rama and his brother are looking for her. They are seen by the monkeys and the monkey king Sugriva sends his trusted advisor Hanuman, disguised as a Brahmin, to find out what the two men are looking for. Hanuman understands immediately that from now it will be his duty and destiny to serve Rama by finding Sita.
Again, I fitted the three figures into the German surroundings - Rama and Lakshman as foresters, and Hanuman as a monk.
hans diebschlag
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