Title: "Some Like It Hot" Artist: Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) Technique: Seridècollage Dimensions with frame: H 104 x W 73 x D 7 cm Dimensions without frame: 100 x 70 Pencil signature at the bottom right, print 19/125 Mimmo Rotella, born Domenico Rotella, was an Italian artist of Calabrian origins and a leading figure in the art of the second half of the 20th century, linked to the Nouveau Réalisme and international Pop Art movements. The artist is best known for his use of torn advertising posters transformed into works of art. He quickly became famous for his dècollages, a technique he first experimented with in Rome when, walking through the city, he saw the detached and torn posters and took them to his studio, transforming them. In 1953, Rotella realized that painting was no longer of great interest to him and approached the concept of the advertising poster as an artistic expression. Rotella thus became part of Nouveau Réalisme.