Title: “The fifty faces of Marilyn”
Artist: Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)
Technique: Seridècollage
Dimensions with frame: H 104 x W 73 x D 7 cm
Dimensions without frame: 100 x 70 cm
Signed in pencil lower right, print 55/125
Mimmo Rotella, born Domenico Rotella, was an Italian artist of Calabrian origins and a leading figure in the art of the second half of the 20th century, associated with the Nouveau Réalisme and international Pop Art movements.
The artist became known primarily for his use of torn advertising posters, transforming them into works of art.
He quickly became famous for his décollage, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking around the city, he saw detached and torn posters and brought them to his studio, transforming them.
In 1953, Rotella realized that painting no longer held much interest for him and began to embrace the concept of the advertising poster as an artistic expression.
Rotella thus became part of the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
