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Erró is an Icelandic artist born in 1932.
He studied painting at the Fine Arts School in Reykjavik and Oslo from 1949 to 1952, then mosaic at the Fine Arts School in Florence in 1955. In these schools, he initially specialized in the technique of paper cuts before focusing on mosaic. He moved to Paris in 1958 and met artists who were part of the Surrealist movement.
In the world of comics, Erró brought together cartoon characters and historical despots. He constantly gleans visuals in newspapers, advertising, or illustration, in order to make up his collages these include cultural samples from all the countries he visited. In this manner, comics and Chinese propaganda can and are on the same level.
He is able to create a visual impact, mixing both the temporal aspect and boundaries. Seeing a Walt Disney hero next to a dictator isn't surprising. He is committed through his works and tackles politics at full throttle. In order to denounce and criticize the events, he plays around with humor and derision. Totalitarian regimes, consumerism, and the Iraq war are his main weapons in the artistic struggle.
Before, he was used to working in cycles, his collages move from one universe to the other, creating large gaps, going from a series of eroticism to a second one, pertaining to space conquest. In his work "Méca-Make-Up", Erró extracts faces of models from the press and then assembles them with mechanical materials that belong to cars or cameras.
His works are present in museums throughout the world and are used as references for narrative figuration and collages.
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Hommage à Picasso et à Fernand Léger
Erró
Print - 56 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 22 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,563
Hommage à Picasso et à Fernand Léger (noir et blanc)
Erró
Print - 57 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,005
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, Breakfast in Oslo
Erró
Painting - 104 x 83 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,372
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, Watercolors in Moscow
Erró
Painting - 104 x 78 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 30.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,372
“Chairman Mao’s Long Journey” Milano.
Erró
Painting - 99 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 39 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$8,372
“Chairman Mao’s Long Journey” Brooklyn Bridge New York.
Erró
Painting - 95 x 103 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 40.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,372
Exhibitions dedicated to Erró
Galerie Belle Epoque
Colourful paintings
From December 24, 2023 to January 29, 2024
Galerie DEZA
Les tirages d'art
From July 2, 2022 to July 9, 2022
Galerie DEZA
Icônes & Matières - Street Art & Pop Art
From March 16, 2022 to April 2, 2022
CORPS ET AME GALLERY
Once upon a time... Erró
From December 7, 2021 to January 25, 2022
Galleri GKM
PopUp Paris by Galleri GKM
From October 21, 2021 to October 30, 2021
CORPS ET AME GALLERY
Wonder Woman dans tous ses états...
From September 16, 2021 to November 15, 2021
Galleri GKM
Erró - Chairman Mao’s Long Journey
From November 7, 2020 to December 6, 2020
Galleri GKM
PopUp Paris in a virtual version
From March 28, 2020 to May 30, 2020
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