Gone with the Wind - Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)

Title: "Gone with the Wind" Artist: Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) Technique: Seridècollage Dimensions with frame: H104 x W73 x D7 cm Dimensions without frame: 100 x 70 cm Pencil signature on the lower right, print 24/125 Mimmo Rotella, born Domenico Rotella, was an Italian artist of Calabrian origins and a protagonist of art in the second half of the 20th century, linked to the Nouveau Réalisme movement and international Pop Art. The artist is best known for his use of torn advertising posters transformed into works of art. In fact, he quickly became famous for his dècollages, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking around the city, he saw posters removed and torn and brought them into his studio, transforming them. In 1953, Rotella realized that painting was no longer of great interest to him and clearly approached the concept of the advertising poster conceived as an artistic expression. Rotella thus became part of the Nouveau Réalisme.