THE ARTWORK
This work belongs to the Marilyn Bellezza Eterna portfolio, created in 2005 and comprising 10 décollages by Mimmo Rotella and 10 previously unpublished poems by Alda Merini. The great poet’s contribution is essential to the project: her poetry enters into dialogue with Marilyn’s image reworked by Rotella, interweaving poetry and visual exploration.
Lettering, reds, blues and image fragments overlap in the illustrated part of this work by Mimmo Rotella from Marilyn Bellezza Eterna. The figure is sought within a dense network of tears and graphic echoes.
The adjacent poem introduces a pause against the décollage’s density. The composition invites movement between two languages, observing how printed words, image and tearing can preserve both the poster’s memory and freedom of gesture.
Lettering, reds, blues and image fragments overlap in the illustrated part of this work by Mimmo Rotella from Marilyn Bellezza Eterna. The figure is sought within a dense network of tears and graphic echoes.
The adjacent poem introduces a pause against the décollage’s density. The composition invites movement between two languages, observing how printed words, image and tearing can preserve both the poster’s memory and freedom of gesture.