Erró
Icelandic, b. 1932
UDMUNDUR GUDMUNDSSON, known as ERRÓ, is an Icelandic postmodern painter known as the co-founder of the Figuration Narrative movement in France in the early 1960s. Erró discovered art in a catalog from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and became passionate about painting at the age of 10. After studying art in Reykjavík from 1952 to 1954, and then in Oslo, Florence and Ravenna, he settled in Paris in 1958, before moving to Thailand and the island of Formentera.
The artist's career was rich in encounters with Brauner, Masson, Miro, Man Ray , Giacometti and Max Ernst, Duchamp and Breton, whom Erró met in Paris, and then Jean-Jacques Lebel, a friend with whom he collaborated on Happening from 1963 to 1965. He also befriended the curator Pontus Hultén, who placed him under his protection.
Voluntarily provocative, Erró portrayed despots, comic-book heroes and gods of Greco-Roman mythology in a plastic universe full of enigmas. Hitler, Mao and Disney characters rub shoulders in a climate of violence and sexuality. Heir to Lichtenstein, Warhol, Fahlström, Roberto Matta and Rosenquist, the artist interweaves styles and graphics, multiplying contemporary allegories.
The artist's numerous creations include "Mecanismo, mécamanifeste, 100 poèmes mécaniques" and a mechanics manual; sets and masks for Éric Duviv's film in 1962-1963; a giant fresco in Angoulême in 1982; the portfolio print created by Cristel Éditeur d'Art for the 9th Prix Jacques-Godet and 2nd Prix Denis-Lalanne in 2012; exhibition with Jean-Jacques Deleval and Speedy Graphito at the Arsenal de Soissons.
A resolute pasticheur, Erró also uses Picasso, Léger, Disney and Dalí to stigmatize the society of spectacle and consumerism. He took part in exhibitions such as those at the Venice Biennale in 1975, the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris in 1999 and FIAC in 2001.| Styles |
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Indiane
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Edition of 150 ex.
Unframed.
Signed, dated and numbered.
Free shipment worldwide.
“I paint because painting is a private Utopia,” Erró writes of his art.
The lan...
Category
1990s Pop Art Erró
Materials
Screen
Mao’s World Tour - Jerusalem, Pop Art Screenprint by Erro
By Erró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mao’s World Tour - Jerusalem
Erró, Icelandic (1932)
Date: 1975
Screenprint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of 99/150
Size: 31.25 x 23.5 in. (79.38 x 59.69 cm)
Category
1970s Erró
Materials
Screen
Erró, Are You Ready - Pigment Print, Pop Art, Signed Print, Narrative Figuration
By Erró
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gudmundur Gudmundsson, aka Erró (Icelandic, b. 1932)
Are you ready, 2016
Medium: Pigment print
Dimensions: 115 x 111 cm
Edition of 60 + 35 EA: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Exc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Erró
Materials
Pigment
$2,563
H 45.28 in W 43.71 in
Mandela
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Enamel on steel.
Unframed.
Edition: 8 ex + 4 EA
Signed by the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
“I paint because painting is a private Utopia,” Erró writes of his art....
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Erró
Materials
Enamel, Steel
"The War of Stars", signed lithograph by Erró
By Erró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gudmundur Erro, Icelandic (1932 - )
Title: The War of Stars
Year: 2001
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Image Size: 24 x 18 inches
Size: 30 x 22 ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Erró
Materials
Lithograph
Tank, Pop Art Lithograph by Erró
By Erró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gudmundur Erro, Icelandic (1932 - )
Title: Tank
Year: 2006
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 120
Image Size: 29 x 17.75 inches
Size: 35 x 23 in. (88....
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Erró
Materials
Lithograph
Feminine King-Kong
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Enamel on steel.
Unframed.
Edition: 8 ex + 4 EA
Signed by the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
“I paint because painting is a private Utopia,” Erró writes of his art....
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Erró
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Erró, Hommage à Picasso - Lithograph, Pop Art, Signed Print
By Erró
Located in Hamburg, DE
Erró (born 1932 in Iceland)
Hommage à Picasso, 2005
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 46 x 61 cm
Edition of 120: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Erró
Materials
Lithograph
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