Title: “Casablanca”
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
Pencil signature at the bottom right, P. A. print.
Mimmo Rotella, born Domenico Rotella, was an Italian artist of Calabrian origin and a protagonist of art in the second half of the 20th century, associated with the Nouveau Réalisme movement and international Pop Art.
The artist became known primarily for his use of torn advertising posters transformed into works of art.
He indeed immediately became famous for his dècollages, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking through the city, he saw detached and torn posters and brought them to his studio, transforming them.
In 1953, Rotella realized that painting no longer greatly interested him and he clearly approached the concept of the advertising poster conceived as an artistic expression.
Rotella thus became part of Nouveau Réalisme.
