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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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Print, Nora, Erró

Nora

Erró

Print - 70 x 50 cm

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Print, Batman, Erró

Batman

Erró

Print - 58 x 59 x 0.3 cm

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Print, La Habana, Erró

La Habana

Erró

Print - 57 x 45 cm

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Print, A Moi. E.A, Erró

A Moi. E.A

Erró

Print - 76 x 56 cm

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Print, Minerva, Erró

Minerva

Erró

Print - 45 x 34 cm

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Print, Wonder Woman, Erró

Wonder Woman

Erró

Print - 76 x 56 cm

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Print, Mamunia, Erró

Mamunia

Erró

Print - 45 x 34 cm

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Print, Leïla, Erró

Leïla

Erró

Print - 45 x 34 cm

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Print, Histoire de Lille X, Erró

Histoire de Lille X

Erró

Print - 80 x 60 cm

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Print, Histoire de Lille II, Erró

Histoire de Lille II

Erró

Print - 80 x 60 cm

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Print, Histoire de Lille V, Erró

Histoire de Lille V

Erró

Print - 80 x 60 cm

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Print, Histoire de Lille I, Erró

Histoire de Lille I

Erró

Print - 80 x 60 cm

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Painting, Fragments Of Silver, Erró

Fragments Of Silver

Erró

Painting - 89 x 130 x 3 cm

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Painting, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Painting - 170 x 122 x 4 cm

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Print, Sonia, Erró

Sonia

Erró

Print - 90 x 53 cm

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Print, NB, Erró

NB

Erró

Print - 76 x 56 cm

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Print, Nava, Erró

Nava

Erró

Print - 45 x 34 cm

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Print, Gun lady, Erró

Gun lady

Erró

Print - 76 x 56 cm

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Print, Sora, Erró

Sora

Erró

Print - 34 x 45 cm

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Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print - 63.5 x 55 cm

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Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print - 70 x 51 cm

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Print, L'Ultima visita di Mao a Venezia, Erró

L'Ultima visita di Mao a Venezia

Erró

Print - 59 x 45 x 0.5 cm

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Print, Liberté, Erró

Liberté

Erró

Print - 32.5 x 50 cm

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Print, Femme au toucan, Erró

Femme au toucan

Erró

Print - 85 x 78 x 1 cm

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Print, Fatima, Erró

Fatima

Erró

Print - 45 x 34 cm

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Painting, Jungle fever, Erró

Jungle fever

Erró

Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm

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Print, Amazone, Erró

Amazone

Erró

Print - 78 x 57 cm

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Who is the artist?

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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What is Erró’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Narrative Figuration, Famous Illustrators

When was Erró born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1932