Mimmo Rotella

(1918–2006)
Mimmo Rotella was an Italian artist celebrated for pioneering the art of décollage—the tearing, layering, and re-contextualising of commercial posters. Emerging in the post-war Italian avant-garde, Rotella drew inspiration from the streets, using fragments of cinema posters, advertisements, and typography to create works that vibrate with urban energy. His compositions are part Pop Art, part archaeological dig, revealing hidden histories in their layered surfaces. Associated with the Nouveau Réalisme movement, Rotella’s work remains a vivid commentary on mass culture, consumerism, and the poetry of the everyday.