Erro

Erró (Icelandic, born July 19, 1932 in Ólafsvík), post-modern and Pop art artist. He is famous for his paintings, drawings, collages, prints, sculptures and videos. Born Gudmundur Gudmundsson in Iceland, the artist graduated from the Reykjavík School of Visual Art. He later worked as a teacher for a short period. In 1952, he went to Norway, where he studied engraving, fresco and painting at the Academy of Oslo. He entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and the school of Byzantine mosaic art in Ravenna. In the mid-1950s, he began to exhibit his work, first in Florence in 1955 and then in Paris where he moved in 1958.

As a globe-trotting artist, Erró collected and assembled advertisements, newsreels, comic books and posters. He often incorporates characters from the works of Eugène Delacroix or Pablo Picasso. His surreal imagery ranges from comic book characters to famous dictators, including Donald Duck, Chip & Dale, Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein. Erró’s provocative images explore themes of violence and sexuality. He often draws comparisons to Pop icons such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist.

His work is included in the collections of the Czech Museum of Fine Arts in Prague, the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest and the Reykjavik Museum in Iceland.