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Mimmo RotellaMarilyn1991
1991
$3,000
£2,303.87
€2,640.21
CA$4,223.26
A$4,730.98
CHF 2,465.27
MX$57,708.23
NOK 31,327.97
SEK 29,540.05
DKK 19,705.79
About the Item
Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) was an Italian artist and leading figure of post-war European art. He is best known for creating layered collage-like works from torn film and advertising posters.
Although Rotella began his artistic career as a geometric abstract painter, he eventually joined the Nouveau Réalisme (New Realism) movement (founded by Yves Klein) and turned to the world around him for inspiration.
Rotella found his muse clinging to the weathered walls of Rome. He would define his signature aesthetic by finding and transforming torn posters into art. After tearing the eroded posters from public walls, he would affix them to canvases and further tear, modify, and paint them into semi-abstract compositions. From images of pop culture and mass media Rotella created these "double décollages".
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most iconic and recognizable figures of the twentieth century. She amplified and embodied what it meant to be a glamorous Hollywood star and sex symbol more than any of her predecessors (or successors). Monroe's intoxicating mix of stardom, scandal, celebrity, and tragedy positioned her as an irresistible muse to artists across the globe.
Rotella was a cinema-lover and cast Marilyn as the leading lady in many of his most iconic film poster décollages. This "Marilyn" screenprint embodies his signature décollages aesthetic. Marilyn's radiant beauty and timeless allure are juxtaposed against the torn and collaged "erosions" he created surrounding her.
In addition to representing Italy at the 1964 Venice Biennale, Rotella exhibited works at many of the most prestigious institutions around the globe including the Guggenheim (NYC), MOCA (Los Angeles), and the Centre Pompidou (Paris) to name a few. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Tate London, the National Gallery of Art (Washington), and Tel Aviv Museum among many others.
- Creator:Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006, Italian)
- Creation Year:1991
- Dimensions:Height: 31.6 in (80.27 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Edition of 20Price: $4,200
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- Condition:Signed and numbered in pencil lower right. Numbered "I/XX" from an edition of 20 Artists Proof's. Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 1-211stDibs: LU21527403622
Mimmo Rotella
Mimmo Rotella was an Italian artist and poet who is best known for collages made from torn advertising posters in a medium that he called "double décollages."
Rotella was born on October 7, 1918, in Catanzaro, Italy, and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples before moving to Rome in 1945. There, he became associated with the Lettrism movement and — along with Raymond Hains, Jacque Villeglé and François Dufrêne — became known as one of "Les Affichistes," an artist group credited as the forefathers of street art.
Rotella's first solo exhibition was held in 1951 in at the Galleria Chiurazzi in Rome, and later that same year, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship with which he traveled to Kansas City University. In 1961, he was invited by Pierre Restany to join the New Realism movement, whose members included Yves Klein, Arman and Jean Tinguely. In 1964, he represented Italy at the Venice Biennale. He died on January 8, 2006, in Milan, Italy, at the age of 87.
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