{"id":2241,"date":"2015-10-15T11:58:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2018-05-25T02:15:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T06:15:11","slug":"manzur-kargar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/manzur-kargar\/","title":{"rendered":"Manzur Kargar"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9767\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2241-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/manzurkargar.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/manzurkargar.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/manzurkargar.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2253\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2253 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kargar_Portrait.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kargar_Portrait.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kargar_Portrait.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mazur Kargar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Manzur Kargar was born in 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. From 1988 &#8211; 1991 he studied painting at the University of Fine Arts (HBK) Braunschweig and from 1991 &#8211; 1992 at the University of Fine Arts (udk) Berlin. He has lived and worked in Berlin since 1996, with periodical stays in Los Angeles and New York. In addition to being a painter, he is also a musician and composer, currently playing in the band ARTISTS ON HORSES.<\/p>\n<p>In his early works, Kargar focused primarily on early classical art, looking all the way back Hellenistic Greece. But in the last decade, he has focused on reproducing mass media images of contemporary advertising through painting. His inspiration comes from glossy magazines, television and the Internet. The artistic exploration of \u201cadvanced\u201d civilizations is central to his work. No matter which era inspires Kargar, he depicts the human figure as shaped by its time. Kargar now interprets the world as it is currently presented in the media: sugarcoated, unreal, dramatic, seductive, frightening, bizarre and glamorous. He uses motifs with which we are all familiar, pulls them out of their contexts and puts them into new ones. This creates a sensation of irritation. The viewer cannot resist the attraction of his hyper-realistic work, painted with elaborate traditional techniques in numerous layers.<\/p>\n<p>With the combination of digital and classic art, Kargar\u2019s paintings mark the span of painting from the originated emotional base into the inevitable digital age.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2254\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2254 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GOD-IS-GREAT200x200cm.jpg?resize=625%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GOD IS GREAT,200x200cm\" width=\"625\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GOD-IS-GREAT200x200cm.jpg?resize=1021%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1021w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GOD-IS-GREAT200x200cm.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GOD-IS-GREAT200x200cm.jpg?resize=624%2C626&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GOD-IS-GREAT200x200cm.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GOD-IS-GREAT200x200cm.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOD IS GREAT, 200&#215;200 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2255\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2255 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLUE-BLOOD-CELLS-3pcs130cm-x-390cm.jpg?resize=625%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BLUE BLOOD CELLS (3pcs),130cm x 390cm\" width=\"625\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLUE-BLOOD-CELLS-3pcs130cm-x-390cm.jpg?resize=1024%2C345&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLUE-BLOOD-CELLS-3pcs130cm-x-390cm.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLUE-BLOOD-CELLS-3pcs130cm-x-390cm.jpg?resize=624%2C210&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLUE-BLOOD-CELLS-3pcs130cm-x-390cm.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLUE-BLOOD-CELLS-3pcs130cm-x-390cm.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BLUE BLOOD CELLS (3pcs),130cm x 390cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/manzurkargar.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Manzur Kargar was born in 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. From 1988 &#8211; 1991 he studied painting at the University of Fine Arts (HBK) Braunschweig and from 1991 &#8211; 1992 at the University of Fine Arts (udk) Berlin. 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