Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)

Title: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" 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 signed lower right, print 34/125 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, 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. In fact, he immediately became famous for his dècollages, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking through the city, he saw the 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 advertising poster conceived as an artistic expression. Rotella thus became part of Nouveau Réalisme.