Mimmo Rotella

Exhibited by Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois

Material Ripped posters mounted on canvas

Dimensions 134 × 91 cm

Price $170,000

Status Vetted

About the Work

Mimmo Rotella’s posters show the underside of consumer and popular culture – focusing on striking movie posters and advertisements, the graphic qualities of 1960’s ‘MadMen’ placards are highlighted and transcended by lacerations in a subversive and aesthetic statement – a European, critical take on Pop Art’s credo. Here, a now defunct pasta brand’s poster is disfigured, nearly illegible, and retains the outmoded charm of pop-era ads.

Provenance

Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, IT
Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris, FR

Literature

Signed; signed, dated and titled on the back

Provenance

Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, IT
Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris, FR

Exhibitions

1965, V Rassegna di Arti figurative di Roma e del Lazio, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT
2025, Beautés désordonnées, curator: Jean-Hubert Martin, Fine Arts Biennale, Grand Palais, Paris, FR

Bibliography

1974, Tommaso Trini, Rotella, Grandi Opere Monografiche, Milan
2025, Beautés désordonnées, exhibition catalogue, Fine Arts Biennale, Grand Palais, Paris, pp. 129, 225