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Manzur Kargar is an experienced artist based in Germany. His mother is German and his father Afghan, so Kargar grew up influenced by both cultures and mentalities.
He primarily reproduces images from mass media and contemporary advertising, drawing inspiration from magazines, television and the internet. For this reason, the human figure is at the center of his works, a vehicle for exploring ideas of contemporary culture and civilization.
Manzur Kargar reproduces in his paintings images of the mass media and the contemporary advertising using oil paint; this makes the artworks so interesting. He draws inspiration from social magazines, television or the Internet.
The artist is thus interested in contemporary culture and civilization. Renowned private European and American collections have recorded the works of Manzur Kargar. Public collections include the Copelouzos Art Museum in Athens, Greece, the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Germany or the Volkswagen Collection in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Manzur Kargar regularly exhibits his works internationally in solo and group exhibitions.
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