NIKA SOMKHISHVILI

Manfred Kuttner (1937–2007) was a German painter, object artist, and experimental filmmaker. He first studied at the Kunstakademie in Dresden, then from 1961 at the Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie as a student of Karl Otto Götz alongside Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Konrad Lueg. In 1963 the four artists organized the first exhibition of German Pop Art. From 1961 to 1964 Manfred Kuttner accomplished an oeuvre with a form language of his own in his paintings, drawings, and sculptures.