Mimmo Rotella, Robilant + Voena
Ripped posters and peeling collages by Italian Pop Artist Mimmo Rotella in a new exhibition at Mayfair gallery, Robilant + Voena
Mimmo Rotella, The two faces (I due visi) 1962, décollage on canvas, 55 x 80 cm
Mimma Rotella facts
We can think of Italian artist Mimmo Rotella as the European counterpart to Pop Art creator, Andy Warhol. With a similar fascination with pop figures like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, Rotella was also inspired by the poster-splattered walls of 1950s Rome and the physical act of sticking, ripping and peeling layers of collage.
Mimmo Rotella art and Nouveau Réalisme
Rotella was famously linked to the Nouveau Réalisme movement, along with Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely, which encouraged him to move to Paris until 1980.
Robilant + Voena gallery exhibition
Robilant + Voena gallery, London focus on the main Mimmo Rotella techniques, which include reassembling torn posters in the artist’s studio, experimenting with the backs of peeling posters, photographic reproductions, printing processes and painting directly on to a poster still intact.
A radical inventor, Rotella was something of a nomadic artist, trying out many different techniques during his long career. This exhibition in London’s Robilant + Voena, Dover Street, gives an insight into Rotella’s flamboyant life and inventive modern artwork.
We can think of Italian artist Mimmo Rotella as the European counterpart to Pop Art creator, Andy Warhol. With a similar fascination with pop figures like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, Rotella was also inspired by the poster-splattered walls of 1950s Rome and the physical act of sticking, ripping and peeling layers of collage.
Mimmo Rotella art and Nouveau Réalisme
Rotella was famously linked to the Nouveau Réalisme movement, along with Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely, which encouraged him to move to Paris until 1980.
Robilant + Voena gallery exhibition
Robilant + Voena gallery, London focus on the main Mimmo Rotella techniques, which include reassembling torn posters in the artist’s studio, experimenting with the backs of peeling posters, photographic reproductions, printing processes and painting directly on to a poster still intact.
A radical inventor, Rotella was something of a nomadic artist, trying out many different techniques during his long career. This exhibition in London’s Robilant + Voena, Dover Street, gives an insight into Rotella’s flamboyant life and inventive modern artwork.
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| What | Mimmo Rotella, Robilant + Voena |
| Where | Robilant + Voena, 38 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NL | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Green Park (underground) |
| When |
06 Feb 15 – 24 Mar 15, Monday to Friday 10am-6pm |
| Price | £Free |
| Website | Click here for more details |