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Erró

Iceland • 1932  1112 followers
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Explore the surreal world of Icelandic artist Erró, known for his thought-provoking collages blending cartoon characters with historical figures.

Biography

Gudmundur 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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Nationality

Icelander

Categories

Painters, Printmakers

Themes

Pop Art, Portrait, Nude
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Print, Verra, Erró

Verra

Erró

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

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Print, Histoire de Lille I, Erró

Histoire de Lille I

Erró

Print . 80 x 60 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

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Print, Mamunia, Erró

Mamunia

Erró

Print . 45 x 34 cm Print . 17.7 x 13.4 inch

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Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print . 70 x 51 cm Print . 27.6 x 20.1 inch

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Print, Vermeer, Erró

Vermeer

Erró

Print . 58.4 x 80 cm Print . 23 x 31.5 inch

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Print, Verra, Erró

Verra

Erró

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

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Print, Orson Welles, Erró

Orson Welles

Erró

Print . 60 x 81 cm Print . 23.6 x 31.9 inch

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Print, Silver sabler, Erró

Silver sabler

Erró

Print . 78 x 57 cm Print . 30.7 x 22.4 inch

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Print, Reflexion, Erró

Reflexion

Erró

Print . 100 x 55 cm Print . 39.4 x 21.7 inch

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Print, Red Sonja, Erró

Red Sonja

Erró

Print . 91.4 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Print . 36 x 21 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Leïla, Erró

Leïla

Erró

Print . 45 x 34 cm Print . 17.7 x 13.4 inch

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Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print . 37 x 70 cm Print . 14.6 x 27.6 inch

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Print, Sonia, Erró

Sonia

Erró

Print . 90 x 53 cm Print . 35.4 x 20.9 inch

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Print, Staline in New York, Erró

Staline in New York

Erró

Print . 65 x 50 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

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Print, Liberté, Erró

Liberté

Erró

Print . 32.5 x 50 cm Print . 12.8 x 19.7 inch

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Print, Histoire de Lille V, Erró

Histoire de Lille V

Erró

Print . 80 x 60 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

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Print, Nava, Erró

Nava

Erró

Print . 45 x 34 cm Print . 17.7 x 13.4 inch

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Print, Ice Cream for Mao, Erró

Ice Cream for Mao

Erró

Print . 77.5 x 58.4 cm Print . 30.5 x 23 inch

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