Title: “Diabolik”
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 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 and international Pop Art movements.
The artist became known above all for his use of torn advertising posters transformed into works of art.
In fact, he immediately became famous for his décollages, a technique he experimented with for the first time in Rome when, walking through the city, he saw the separated and torn posters and took them to his studio, transforming them.
In 1953 Rotella understood that painting was no longer of great interest to him and he clearly approached the concept of advertising poster conceived as an artistic expression.
Rotella thus became part of the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
