Matrix - Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)

Title: "Matrix" Artist: Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) Technique: Seridècollage Dimensions with frame: H104 x W73 x D7 cm Pencil signature lower right, print II/L Mimmo Rotella, born Domenico Rotella, was an Italian artist of Calabrian origins and a protagonist of the art of the second half of the 20th century, linked to the Nouveau Réalisme movement and international Pop Art. The artist became known above all for his use of torn advertising posters transformed into works of art. He immediately became famous for his décollages, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking through the city, he saw detached and torn posters and took them to his studio, transforming them. In 1953, Rotella realized that painting was no longer of great interest to him and he clearly approached the concept of advertising posters conceived as artistic expression. Rotella thus became part of Nouveau Réalisme.