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
18 Vrindavan Temple Ruin
Temple Ruin in Vrindavan : You are as Dear to Me as Bharat / Tempelruine in Vrindavan : Du bist mir so lieb wie Bharat (2000)
Oil and tempera on canvas
73 x 51 cm
Sold
Vrindavan is a holy city for the Indians because it is assumed that Krishna, a human incarnation of the god Vishnu, was born and raised in and around Vrindavan. For this reason there are many temples, hermitages and cloisters all over the town, offering the whole range of worship to Krishna. New temples are being erected all the time as a gesture of piety, but the upkeep of the old, often very beautiful buildings and towers is neglected. This occurs not only because of lack of finances, as the Indians are generous with regard to religious causes, but it is a greater honour to be involved with the construction of a new temple.
On my daily bicycle excursions I drove by this beautiful ruin in which Hindu and Moslem elements are gracefully mixed. I used this ambiance to give expression to the line from the Hanuman Chalisa where Rama says to Hanuman: “You are as dear to me as Bharat”. (Bharat is another of Rama's brothers; his name means Wisdom).
Temple Ruin in Vrindavan : You are as Dear to Me as Bharat / Tempelruine in Vrindavan : Du bist mir so lieb wie Bharat (2000)
Oil and tempera on canvas
73 x 51 cm
Sold
Vrindavan is a holy city for the Indians because it is assumed that Krishna, a human incarnation of the god Vishnu, was born and raised in and around Vrindavan. For this reason there are many temples, hermitages and cloisters all over the town, offering the whole range of worship to Krishna. New temples are being erected all the time as a gesture of piety, but the upkeep of the old, often very beautiful buildings and towers is neglected. This occurs not only because of lack of finances, as the Indians are generous with regard to religious causes, but it is a greater honour to be involved with the construction of a new temple.
On my daily bicycle excursions I drove by this beautiful ruin in which Hindu and Moslem elements are gracefully mixed. I used this ambiance to give expression to the line from the Hanuman Chalisa where Rama says to Hanuman: “You are as dear to me as Bharat”. (Bharat is another of Rama's brothers; his name means Wisdom).
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