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
5 Venice
Venice : 'You always take the weather with you' /
Venedig : 'You always take the weather with you' (1999)
Oil and tempera on canvas
48 x 37cm
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It is a big leap from St. Goar to Venice and it was accomplished via Munich's Alte Pinakothek (museum). There, in front of Roger van der Weyden's “Deposition”, I formally said good bye to Northern Europe.
I see Venice as a city entirely dedicated not to the Car, but to the Woman, and especially to Maria. In this painting I could start to sing a hymn to the city of Venice, whose main attractions for me are the “Annunciation” by Titian and Giorgione's “Tempest”. With its shimmering waterways and oriental architecture, Venice gave me a taste of the East.
In the bus, a current pop song “You always take the weather with you”, was playing incessantly, and I associated this song with Hanuman, who has nothing else on his mind but to find Sita, the wife of Rama – metaphorically speaking, to reunite the soul with its true nature.
The view is from the Accademia over the Grand Canale.
Venice : 'You always take the weather with you' /
Venedig : 'You always take the weather with you' (1999)
Oil and tempera on canvas
48 x 37cm
Sold
It is a big leap from St. Goar to Venice and it was accomplished via Munich's Alte Pinakothek (museum). There, in front of Roger van der Weyden's “Deposition”, I formally said good bye to Northern Europe.
I see Venice as a city entirely dedicated not to the Car, but to the Woman, and especially to Maria. In this painting I could start to sing a hymn to the city of Venice, whose main attractions for me are the “Annunciation” by Titian and Giorgione's “Tempest”. With its shimmering waterways and oriental architecture, Venice gave me a taste of the East.
In the bus, a current pop song “You always take the weather with you”, was playing incessantly, and I associated this song with Hanuman, who has nothing else on his mind but to find Sita, the wife of Rama – metaphorically speaking, to reunite the soul with its true nature.
The view is from the Accademia over the Grand Canale.
hans diebschlag
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