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Erró

Iceland • 1932  920 followers

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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Painting, The gun, Erró

The gun

Erró

Painting - 162 x 97 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 inch

$84,560

Fine Art Drawings, Hommage à Léger, Erró

Hommage à Léger

Erró

Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 38 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 15 inch

$10,711

Print, Trio Pépé, Erró

Trio Pépé

Erró

Print - 77 x 61 cm Print - 30.3 x 24 inch

$620

Print, Espace, Erró

Espace

Erró

Print - 56 x 54 cm Print - 22 x 21.3 inch

$479

Print, Nora, Erró

Nora

Erró

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

$564

Print, Avoir un moyen, Erró

Avoir un moyen

Erró

Print - 68 x 49 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.3 inch

$564

Print, To us to, Erró

To us to

Erró

Print - 68 x 49 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.3 inch

$564

Print, Amazon, Erró

Amazon

Erró

Print - 94 x 75 cm Print - 37 x 29.5 inch

$846

Print, Birdscape, Erró

Birdscape

Erró

Print - 56 x 78 cm Print - 22 x 30.7 inch

$620

Print, Vermeer, Erró

Vermeer

Erró

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

$850

Print, Rosa, Erró

Rosa

Erró

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

$564

Print, Elvis, Erró

Elvis

Erró

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

$800

Print, Bloom, Erró

Bloom

Erró

Print - 33 x 24.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.5 inch

$700

Print, Tank, Erró

Tank

Erró

Print - 88.9 x 58.4 cm Print - 35 x 23 inch

$1,000

Print, Marilyn Monroe, Erró

Marilyn Monroe

Erró

Print - 85.1 x 106.7 cm Print - 33.5 x 42 inch

$950

Print, Picasso Boat, Erró

Picasso Boat

Erró

Print - 76.5 x 119 cm Print - 30.1 x 46.9 inch

$789

Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print - 56 x 92 cm Print - 22 x 36.2 inch

$665

Print, Catman, Erró

Catman

Erró

Print - 91.4 x 53.3 cm Print - 36 x 21 inch

$900

Print, Forgotten Future, Erró

Forgotten Future

Erró

Print - 99.1 x 54.6 cm Print - 39 x 21.5 inch

$900

Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print - 78 x 57 x 1 cm Print - 30.7 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

$902

Print, Wonderwoman, Erró

Wonderwoman

Erró

Print - 78 x 56 cm Print - 30.7 x 22 inch

$733

Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print - 83.5 x 57.5 cm Print - 32.9 x 22.6 inch

$620

Print, Wonderwoman, Erró

Wonderwoman

Erró

Print - 75 x 53 cm Print - 29.5 x 20.9 inch

$665

Print, Sans titre, Erró

Sans titre

Erró

Print - 92 x 56 cm Print - 36.2 x 22 inch

$564

Print, Fishscape, Erró

Fishscape

Erró

Print - 56 x 78 cm Print - 22 x 30.7 inch

$620

Print, La femme fatale II, Erró

La femme fatale II

Erró

Print - 117 x 75 cm Print - 46.1 x 29.5 inch

$958

Print, La femme fatale III, Erró

La femme fatale III

Erró

Print - 117 x 75 cm Print - 46.1 x 29.5 inch

$958

Print, Marilyn, Erró

Marilyn

Erró

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

$950

Print, Amazon, Erró

Amazon

Erró

Print - 77.5 x 57.2 cm Print - 30.5 x 22.5 inch

$1,100

Print, Swordslady, Erró

Swordslady

Erró

Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch

$950

Print, Silver Saber, Erró

Silver Saber

Erró

Print - 77.5 x 55.9 cm Print - 30.5 x 22 inch

$900

Print, Leger, Erró

Leger

Erró

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

$850

Print, The Moonwalker, Erró

The Moonwalker

Erró

Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch

$950

Print, The Sisters, Erró

The Sisters

Erró

Print - 91.4 x 53.3 cm Print - 36 x 21 inch

$950

Print, Picasso, Erró

Picasso

Erró

Print - 46 x 64 cm Print - 18.1 x 25.2 inch

$620

Print, Manifestation, Erró

Manifestation

Erró

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$958

Painting, Superman, Erró

Superman

Erró

Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$19,167

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The artistic movements of the artists are: Narrative Figuration, Famous Illustrators
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1932