Nude sculpture “Eve” by Serge Mangin, bronze

Serge Mangin is a sculptor—and as such, a highly renowned artist whose statues and portraits in wood, stone, and marble can be found in numerous collections and in many public spaces throughout Germany. Serge Mangin gained international recognition primarily through his portrait busts (including those of Ernst Jünger, Luciano Pavarotti, and Henry Miller) and through the portrait trio of Helmut Kohl, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George Bush Sr., erected as a monument to German unity in Berlin. In his Munich studio, he also creates and continues to create large-scale sculptures which, according to the artist, are inspired by the Greek "kuroi"—nude, standing statues that, for Mangin, embody the upright, free Greek citizen.