Description
Mimmo Rotella is the undisputed master of décollage—the reverse of collage. Instead of building images up, he tears them down, pulling fragments of street posters into a new composition that feels as alive as the city itself. What survives—creases, rips, overlaps, sudden voids—becomes the artwork. The result is pure Rotella: cinema, advertising, and pop culture transformed into something abrasive, elegant, and unmistakably modern.
La magnifica preda plays perfectly with that tension. The original film imagery is still readable—faces, typography, colour—yet it’s interrupted and re-edited by violent cuts and layered paper scars. It’s glamour with grit: a work that feels both archival and immediate, like a rescued wall piece from an Italian street corner.
This example is a P.A. (preuve d’artiste / artist’s proof)—a small, special category outside the standard numbered edition, typically reserved for the artist and often especially sought-after by collectors. The work is hand-signed and numbered in pencil, carries the foundation dry stamp, and is presented unframed, allowing for a clean, museum-style float framing.
Details
Artist: Mimmo Rotella
Title: La magnifica preda
Period: 2000
Technique: mixed media collage / décollage
Dimensions: 100 × 70 cm
Edition: P.A. (artist’s proof)
Markings: hand-signed and numbered in pencil
Stamp: Rotella Foundation dry stamp (blind stamp)
Framing: unframed
Condition
Overall: excellent condition (additional photos available on request)
