Mimmo Rotella
Mimmo Rotella was born in Catanzaro on 7 October 1918. After completing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, in 1945 he moved to Rome where, after his figurative beginnings, he elaborated an abstract-geometric style. As an alternative expressive method, in 1949 he invented "epistaltic" poetry: a set of words, even invented ones, whistles, sounds and onomatopoeic iterations. In 1951 he held his first solo exhibition at the Chiurazzi Gallery in Rome and obtained a Fulbright scholarship, thanks to which he went to the United States, where he attended the University of Kansas City for a year, creating a mural panel, exhibited at the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City and performs a phonetic poetry performance at Harvard University in Boston. Back in Rome in 1953, after a period of creative crisis he created the first décollage in which, using advertising posters ripped from the walls of the city and pasted on canvas, he continued his abstract research. Starting in 1958 he devoted himself to figurative décollage and created the Cinecittà series using the faces of movie stars and the figures from movie posters; Marilyn Monroe in particular becomes an icon of his work. In 1961, at the invitation of the critic Pierre Restany, he joined the Nouveau Réalisme movement and three years later he moved to Paris, where he developed a procedure he called "Mec-Art", with which, by projecting negative images onto the emulsified canvas, he created works that he exhibited for the first time in 1965 in the Galerie J of Restany. He then continued his research by creating the Artypo series, typographic proofs freely chosen and glued onto the canvas. In 1975 he created the first Plastiforme: torn posters placed on a polyurethane support. After settling in Milan, in the 1980s he started the series of Blanks, in which he covered the posters with monochrome sheets, and starting in 1984 he resumed painting, creating the cycle of works Cinecittà 2 and later the Sovrapitture, where he pictorially intervened on the advertising posters. He exhibited at the Center Pompidou in Paris and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1990 and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1994. The Mimmo Rotella Foundation was born in 2000, with the aim of promoting contemporary art and preserving the work of the artist. He died in Milan on January 8, 2006.
Mimmo Rotella was born in Catanzaro on 7 October 1918. After completing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, in 1945 he moved to Rome where, after his figurative beginnings, he elaborated an abstract-geometric style. As an alternative expressive method, in 1949 he invented "epistaltic" poetry: a set of words, even invented ones, whistles, sounds and onomatopoeic iterations. In 1951 he held his first solo exhibition at the Chiurazzi Gallery in Rome and obtained a Fulbright scholarship, thanks to which he went to the United States, where he attended the University of Kansas City for a year, creating a mural panel, exhibited at the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City and performs a phonetic poetry performance at Harvard University in Boston. Back in Rome in 1953, after a period of creative crisis he created the first décollage in which, using advertising posters ripped from the walls of the city and pasted on canvas, he continued his abstract research. Starting in 1958 he devoted himself to figurative décollage and created the Cinecittà series using the faces of movie stars and the figures from movie posters; Marilyn Monroe in particular becomes an icon of his work. In 1961, at the invitation of the critic Pierre Restany, he joined the Nouveau Réalisme movement and three years later he moved to Paris, where he developed a procedure he called "Mec-Art", with which, by projecting negative images onto the emulsified canvas, he created works that he exhibited for the first time in 1965 in the Galerie J of Restany. He then continued his research by creating the Artypo series, typographic proofs freely chosen and glued onto the canvas. In 1975 he created the first Plastiforme: torn posters placed on a polyurethane support. After settling in Milan, in the 1980s he started the series of Blanks, in which he covered the posters with monochrome sheets, and starting in 1984 he resumed painting, creating the cycle of works Cinecittà 2 and later the Sovrapitture, where he pictorially intervened on the advertising posters. He exhibited at the Center Pompidou in Paris and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1990 and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1994. The Mimmo Rotella Foundation was born in 2000, with the aim of promoting contemporary art and preserving the work of the artist. He died in Milan on January 8, 2006.
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Artworks and paintings by Mimmo Rotella for sale
Mimmo Rotella, born in Catanzaro on October 7, 1918, is one of the most innovative Italian artists of the 20th century. After completing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, he moved to Rome in 1945, where he began to develop an abstract-geometric style. In 1949 he invented "epistaltic" poetry, an alternative method of expression combining words, sounds and onomatopoeic iterations. Bernabò Home Gallery is proud to present an exclusive selection of his artworks, available for purchase.
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Mimmo Rotella's artworks are famous for his innovative use of décollage, a technique the artist developed in 1953, using advertising posters torn and pasted on canvas. His Cinecittà series, depicting film icons such as Marilyn Monroe, is particularly renowned. Rotella joined the Nouveau Réalisme movement in 1961, contributing artworks that mix projected images and typographic manipulations. In the 1970s, he introduced Plastiforms, torn posters on polyurethane backing, and in the 1980s, Blanks, where he covers posters with monochrome sheets. His Overpaintings represent a return to painting, pictorially intervening on advertising posters.
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To own a work of art or painting by the artist Rotella is to have a piece of contemporary art that represents 20th-century innovation and experimentation. His unique techniques and distinctive style have made him an internationally recognized icon. Exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum testify to the value and relevance of his creations. Rotella's paintings, with their originality and ability to capture the essence of modern culture, are a valuable and significant addition to any art collection.
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