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Rotella, Mimmo, 1918-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1918 - 2006-

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Dal Decollage alla Nuova Immagine / Rotella, Mimmo ; Restany P., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-27379-28418
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was edited by Pierre Restany. It includes reproductions of three handwritten sound poems that are similar in layout and content to those held by the Sackner Archive. The reproduction of one of these poems entitled "Vertimila anni avanti Cristo" is virtually identical to the poem held by the Sackner Archive entitled "Twenty Thousand Years Before Christ," which is its English translation. Most of the reproduced works in this book consist of decollages. Rotella died in January 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Dal Decollage alla Nuova Immagine / Rotella, Mimmo ; Restany P., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-30251-31655
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was edited by Pierre Restany. Includes reproductions of two handwritten sound poems that are similar in layout and content to those held by the Sackner Archive. Most of the reproduced works in this book consist of decollages. Rotella died in January 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Mimmo Rotella edited by Germano Celant / Rotella, Mimmo ; Celant G ; Malevich K ; Miro J ; Schwitters K ; Prampolini E ; Balla G ; Severini G ; Accardi C ; Duchamp M ; Twombly C ; Johnson R ; Rauschenberg R ; Fontana L ; Isou I ; Klein Y ; Kaprow A ; Hains R ; Villegle J ; Hausmann R ; Dine J ; Brecht G ; Warhol A ; Buren D ; Oldenburg C ; Indiana R ; Basquiat JM ; Haring K., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-49799-70855
Scope and Contents

This book was edited by Germano Celant who contributed a definitive essay on the life, work and influences of Rotella. The second section of the book depicts reproductions of the works of Rotella from 1946 to 2005. A copy of a handwritten sound poem, 20,000a, J.C, 1960 that is depicted on page 178, is held by the Sackner Archive, having been acquired from Emmett Williams in 1980. Two other handwritten Rotella sound poems that are not depicted in this book are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007