Erró

Erró (born Guðmundur Guðmundsson in 1932 in Ólafsvík, Iceland) is a visual artist and painter, who is best known for his painted pop art collages of images from comic books and advertisements.[1] He lives in France and Spain.[2]

Erró

Career

Erró studied art in Norway and in Italy, and has resided in Paris, Thailand, and on the island of Formentera for most of his life. In 1989 he donated a large collection of his works to the Reykjavik Arts Museum, which has put part of it on permanent display and opened a website where the whole collection can be visited.

A major retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon (France) in 2015.[3]

In 2010 he was accused of plagiarism by Brian Bolland for copying his work uncredited and selling it.[4]

References
  1. "Have you heard of the Lichtenstein of Iceland?", Artspace, Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. "Erro", Galerie Perrotin, Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. "Erro in Museum of Lyon".
  4. "Brian Bolland Takes On Erró... And Wins! Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors". Bleedingcool.com. 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
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