Catching the Thief | Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)

Title: "Catching the Thief" Artist: Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) Technique: Seridècollage Dimensions with frame: H105 x W74 x D7 cm Dimensions without frame: 70 x 100 cm Pencil signature at the bottom right, P.A. print. 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 the use of torn advertising posters transformed into works of art. He immediately became famous for the dècollages, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking around 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 clearly approached the concept of an advertising poster conceived as an artistic expression. Rotella thus became part of the Nouveau Réalisme.