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HERE I SIT, FORMING HUMANS (PROMETHEUS)
HIER SITZ' ICH, FORME MENSCHEN (PROMETHEUS)
2014. 150 x 120 cm. acrylic and oil on canvas
Here I sit, forming humans
In my image;
A race, to be like me,
To suffer, to weep,
To enjoy and delight themselves,
And to mock you –
As I do!
Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1779), 7th and last verse, in which the character of the mythic Prometheus addresses God (as Zeus) in misotheist accusation and defiance. It is an important work of the Sturm und Drang movement. The poem was set to music by J. F. Reichardt, Schubert, Hugo Wolf and others.
Hier sitz' ich, forme Menschen
Nach meinem Bilde.
Ein Geschlecht, das mir gleich sey,
Zu leiden, zu weinen.
Zu genießen und zu freuen sich,
Und dein nicht zu achten,
Wie ich!
7. und letzter Vers aus dem Gedicht „Prometheus“ von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1779). Es handelt sich um ein wichtiges Werk aus der Epoche des „Sturm und Drang“. Das Gedicht wurde unter anderem durch Reichardt, Schubert (1819) und Hugo Wolf (1889) vertont.
