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the Marilyn Bellezza Eterna portfolio, created in 2005 and comprising 10 décollages by Mimmo Rotella and 10 previously unpublished poems by Alda Merini.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.
Marilyn’s close-up face occupies the illustrated part of this work by Mimmo Rotella from the Marilyn Bellezza Eterna portfolio. Light tears and overlapping lines cross hair, face and background without erasing recognisability.
Screenprint and décollage transform the cinematic image into a surface to explore. Beside it, the poem opens another path of attention. The eye alternates between the icon’s presence and material marks interrupting its apparent continuity.
Marilyn’s close-up face occupies the illustrated part of this work by Mimmo Rotella from the Marilyn Bellezza Eterna portfolio. Light tears and overlapping lines cross hair, face and background without erasing recognisability.
Screenprint and décollage transform the cinematic image into a surface to explore. Beside it, the poem opens another path of attention. The eye alternates between the icon’s presence and material marks interrupting its apparent continuity.