Mimmo Rotella: Catalogo ragionato, Volume primo 1944-1961, Tomo I, Tomo II

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Main Details

Title Mimmo Rotella: Catalogo ragionato, Volume primo 1944-1961, Tomo I, Tomo II
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Germano Celant
By (author) Antonella Soldaini
By (author) Veronica Locatelli
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:752
Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 240
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1960 to now
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9788857222417
ClassificationsDewey:759.5
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Skira
Imprint Skira
Publication Date 1 December 2016
Publication Country Italy

Description

The first volume of the Catalogue Raisonne of the works of Mimmo Rotella (Catanzaro, 1918 - Milan, 2006) is part of a more extensive systematic cataloguing project of the artist's body of work by Germano Celant. The publication is being developed in partnership with the Mimmo Rotella Institute - established by Inna and Aghnessa Rotella in 2012 and directed by Antonella Soldaini - and the Mimmo Rotella Foundation, headed by Rocco Gugliemo. A scientific analysis and assessment is being conducted on the works executed during 1944-1961 - that is, from the artist's experimental research phase (first through figurative painting, then through geometric abstraction) to his development of the decollage and retro d'affiche techniques. Unfolding in chronological order, the Catalogue highlights the various stages of development of the artist's language, enabling a broader interpretation of the works executed in the period. Rotella started making use of wall posters in Rome in the early 1950s, and this became his hallmark. Thus the artist developed two parallel techniques: with the recto he created decollages, which were originally closer to the informal style of Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana's research at that time; with the verso of the posters, covered in wall matter and marked by mold, scratches, and traces of lime and plaster, he created his retro d'affiches.

Author Biography

Germano Celant, a celebrated art historian, critic, and theorist, has curated hundreds of exhibitions worldwide and published more than one hundred books and catalogs.