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6 Prison Poems

Mimmo RotellaWW-1968-002963

1968·Sketch of his Roman prison cell and collection of poems written on cigarette packages and on a postcard while Rotella was imprisoned in 1964 for marijuana possession

James Parmelee Fund

Catalogue

Year: 1968
Medium: Sketch of his Roman prison cell and collection of poems written on cigarette packages and on a postcard while Rotella was imprisoned in 1964 for marijuana possession
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Mimmo Rotella

Artist

Mimmo Rotella

Painting

Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella was an Italian artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. Best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters. He was associated to the Ultra-Lettrists an offshoot of Lettrism and later was a member of the Nouveau Réalisme, founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany.

Catanzaro, Italy

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