Biography |
1918 |
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Born in Catanzaro, Italy. |
1941-45 |
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Naples Art Academy, Italy. |
1951-52 |
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First one man show at Galleria Chiaruzzi, Rome, Italy.
Fulbright scholarship at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA. |
1954 |
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First exhibition of ‘Torn Posters’. |
1954-60 |
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Lives in Rome, Italy. |
1961 |
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Joins the Nouveaux Réalistes (Arman, Cesar, Christo, Deschamps, Dufrene, Hains, Yves Klein, Martial Raysse, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Spoerri, Tinguely, Villegle). |
1964 |
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Moves to Paris where he begins to work with emulsified canvases which in 1965 he named Mec Art. |
1970 |
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First Artypo works. |
1980 |
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Leaves Paris and moves to Milan where he develops his ‘Blanks’ works. |
1989 |
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DAAD invitation to Berlin, Germany. |
1992 |
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Awarded The Officiel des arts et des Lettres by French minister for Culture, Jack Lang. |
1997 |
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Dedicates a cycle of works to movie director Federico Fellini, entitled ‘Felliniana’. |
2000 |
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Mimmo Rotella Foundation is established at the request of the artist with the aim of collecting, classifying and restoring works and documentation. |
2001 |
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Takes part at Venice Biennale’s ‘Platea dell’Umanita’ directed by Harald Szeemann. |
2002 |
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Awarded the gold medal for visual arts by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, president of Italian Republic. |
2006 |
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January 8th, Mimmo Rotella dies in Milan. |
Selected solo exhibitions
1951 |
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Galleria Chiaruzzi, Rome, Italy. |
1952 |
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Galleria Rokhill Nelson, Kansas City, USA. |
1955 |
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Galleria Del Naviglio, Milan, Italy. |
1957 |
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Galleria Beno, Zurich, Switzerland.
Galleria Del Naviglio, Milan, Italy.
I.C.A., London, England. |
1962 |
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Seven Arts Gallery, London, England.
Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy. |
1966 |
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Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy. |
1967 |
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Galerie 20, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
1971 |
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‘Rétrospective Rotella’, Décollage, Mec-Art, Artypo, Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, France. |
1972 |
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Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy. |
1973 |
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Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy.Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy. |
1974 |
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Galleria Ariete, Milan, Italy.
Galleria G7, Bologna, Italy. |
1980 |
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Galleria Interarte, Milan, Italy. |
1981 |
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Galerie Denise René, Paris, France. |
1984 |
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Galleria Il Millenio, Rome, Italy.
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy. |
1985 |
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Galerie Reckermann, Köln, Germany. |
1987 |
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Pascal de Sarthe Gallery, San Francisco, USA. |
1990 |
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Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy.
Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Genève, Switzerland. |
1994 |
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Galleria Marconi, Milan, Italy. |
1995 |
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Wassermann Gallery, München, Germany. |
1996 |
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Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, USA.
Galerie Dionne, Paris, France. |
1999 |
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Musée d'art contemporain, Nice, France. |
2000 |
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‘Fashion and Flowers’, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA. |
2001 |
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‘Mimmo Rotella’, Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa, Italy.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA. |
2002 |
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‘Mimmo Rotella’, Museo d’arte Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy.
‘Rotella e il Cinema’, Galleria Zonca & Zonca, Milan, Italy. |
2004-5 |
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‘Hollywood and the Street, from Poster to Graffiti’, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA. |
2006 |
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‘Cinecitta’’, Galleria Frittelli, Florence, Italy.
Robert Sandelson, London, England. |
Selected group exhibitions
1949 |
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‘Salon des Réalités Nouvelles’, Paris, France. |
1950 |
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‘Arte Astratta e Concreta’, Rome, Italy. |
1957 |
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ICA, London, England. |
1958 |
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‘Contemporary Italian drawings’, Whitney Museum, New York, USA. |
1959 |
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‘Arte Contemporanea Italiana’, Galleria Souza, Mexico City, Mexico.
‘Italian Painting of Today’, Tokyo, Japan. |
1961 |
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‘The Art of Assemblage’, MOMA, New York, USA.
‘Aspects of Collage’, Brooks Street Gallery, New York, USA.
‘Three Roman Artists’, Trabia Gallery, New York, USA. |
1962 |
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‘Salon Comparaisons’, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France.
‘New Réalism’, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. |
1963 |
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Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
‘L’Art et l’Ecriture’, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden Baden, Germany. |
1964 |
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XXXII Biennial, Venice, Italy.
’50 Ans de Collage’, Musée des Arts Décoratifs’, Paris, France.
‘Pop Art, Nouveaux Réalisme’, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.
‘Neue Realisten, Pop Art’, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany. |
1968 |
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‘Collage’, Dekorationskunst Museum, Zurich. Switzerland. |
1976 |
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‘Nouveaux Réalistes’, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France. |
1979 |
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'Six Artistes Italiens de Paris’, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France. |
1981 |
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‘Contemporary Italian Art’, Museum of Modern Art’, Fort Lauderdale, USA. |
1982 |
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‘Les Nouveaux Réalistes’, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France.
‘Contemporary Italian Art’, Hayward Gallery, London, England. |
1986 |
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‘Nouveaux Réalistes’, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France. |
1989 |
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‘Italian Art in the 20th Century’, Royal Accademy of Arts, London, England. |
1990 |
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‘Art & Pub’, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France.
‘High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture’ MOMA, New York, USA; The Art Institute, Chicago, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA. |
1991 |
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‘The Pop Art Show’, Royal Accademy of Arts, London, England; traveling to Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany; Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada. |
1994 |
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‘Italian Metamorphosis’, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA. |
1995 |
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‘Roma 1950-1959’, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy.
XLVII Biennial, Venice, Italy. |
1996 |
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‘Hall of Mirrors. Art and Film since 1945’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA.
‘Face à l’histoire’, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France. |
1999 |
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‘Pop Art Europe/USA', MOMA, New York, USA. |
2001 |
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XLIX Biennial, Venice, Italy.
‘Les Années Pop’, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
‘Una storia dell’arte italiana’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. |
2005 |
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‘XIV Esposizione Quadriennale d’Arte’, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy.
‘Pop Art Italia’, Palazzina dei Giardini e Palazzo Santa Margherita,
Modena, Italy. |
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