Also Sprach Zarathustra (painting)

Also sprach Zarathustra, (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra) is an oil painting cycle by Lena Hades, painted in 1995-1997 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel of the same name. The painter created its first painting on December 1995 in Moscow. The Thus spake Zarathustra cycle is a series of twenty-eight oil paintings made by the artist in 1995-1997 and thirty graphic works made in 2009. Twenty-four of the paintings depict so-called round-headed little men, their struggles in life. The remaining four depict Zarathustra himself, his eagle and serpent. Six paintings of the series were purchased by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and by some important private collectors. The oil painting "Also Sprach Zarathustra" series was exhibited several times - including the exhibition at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1997 and at the First Moscow Biennale of contemporary art in 2005.

In 2004 a bilingual edition of the Nietzsche's book Also Sprach Zarathustra was published in Russian and German by the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The edition includes 20 Hades paintings from this cycle and the art critical essays written by three art historians Alexander Yakimovich, Olga Yushkowa and Jean-Christophe Ammann, professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt and the director of the Museum of Modern Art in the years 1991-2001.

Paintings

All paintings of the cycle the artist herself calls visual metaphors to the book and not illustrations. The first half of Hades' cycle begins addressing the Last Man, "who makes everything small". The last man is sneaky and coward, he takes no risks, but he wants success and comfort. The second half of the cycle is devoted to Zarathustra himself and to his friend - the eagle.

Painting perception

Jean-Christophe Ammann called the painting of the series tablets. “Figurative language of Lena Hades expresses itself often intentionally as a poster, because we see here some visual tablets which should stir and awaken. At the same time, the language of her images remains faithful to the fundamental task of the artist: every artist should be a dervish, which not only conjures the collective memory, being in constant motion, but also stays in the thought and memory of our times. Lena Hades is a dervish”

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  Zarathusrta and dwarf, 1997
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  Eagle and snake, 1997.
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  And the blindness of the blind one, and his seeking and groping... 1996.
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  I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star... 1997.
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  Nietzsche's portrait.
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  Nietzsche F. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Moscow, Institut of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Sciences

Publications

• Nietzsche F. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Moscow, Institut of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004. ISBN 5-9540-0019-0
• Giametta, Sossio (2006). Commento allo Zarathustra. Milan: Bruno Mondadori. ISBN 88-424-9804-1.
• Nietzsche F. Morgenröte. Gedanken über die moralischen Vorurteile / translated from German by Vadim Bakusev. — Мoscow: Akademicheskij Projekt, 2007. — ISBN 978-5-8291-0942-4
• 미래를 창조하는 나 - 차라투스트라는 이렇게 말했다 (고전읽기 (in Korean). Seoul: Mirae N Culture Group. 2009. ISBN 978-89-378-4498-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

Sources

• Nietzsche, Friedrich (2004). Also sprach Zarathustra. Institut of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 384. ISBN 5-9540-0019-0.

External links

• Lena Hades' works
• Lena Hades' blog in FB