Lithograph Print by Mimmo Rotella

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Ended:July 3rd 2018, 12:05pm EDT

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The Prize

Take home this lithograph by Mimmo Rotella.

This is a numbered artist's proof (4 of 15) and includes mounting and frame.

Paper dimensions 42x29cm.

Born in 1918, Rotella was an Italian artist, considered one of the stars of the art scene in the second half of the 20th century, linked to the Nouveau Réalisme and international Pop Art movements.

As a young man he frequented the Forma 1 avant-garde art group (members included Carla Accardi, Piero Dorazio and Achille Perilli) and following his figurative beginnings and early experimentation, he started to paint abstract geometric paintings that were inspired by the works of Vasilij Kandinskij and Piet Mondrian. In the 50s he travelled to the US where he found a personal style when he discovered billboard posters as a form of artistic expression, giving life to his décollages. He would walk round the city tearing pieces of posters from the walls to glue them onto canvases and give them fresh interpretations. His works have appeard in many personal and collective exhibitions in Italy and internationally, including the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1957.

His early décollages feature cinema and music stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley. In 1990 his works appeared in the "Art et Pub" exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and in the "High and Low" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1994 he was invited to the Guggenheim Museum in New York for the "The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968 " exhibition, then he returned to the Centre Pompidou in 1996 for "Face à l'Histoire".

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The Cause

The "Together for Fily" association was set up because we, the parents, wanted to continue what our son had started.
The main purpose of the association is to help children and teenagers suffering from tumors or other serious illnesses by putting a smile on their faces. The joy of giving emotions, respite or distraction to sick children, especially on cancer wards, is something indescribable. We want to give young patients something else to think about instead of spending hours looking at the drips and the chemotherapy trolleys.
It doesn't take much to change a young patient's day: a gift, a surprise or an unexpected gesture of kindness.
We want to help parents who are caring for children and suffering as they try to be strong for their loved ones.

We are Filippo's parents and we spent 14 months at the "Center for Tumors in Milan. We experienced a period that allowed us to touch suffering first hand. We understand the needs that both children and parents have at a time like that. We want share our experience to help others: if we can support parents who are suffering we'll be keeping Filippo's memory and smile alive.

The Association encourages community solidarity and carries out charitable activities and social and health assistance for children and teenagers affected by cancer or other serious illnesses, by bringing gifts, organizing trips, visits and leisure days for young patients and their parents.

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Item #P23755

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