April 19, 2022
Erró: The Power Of Images
Erró is one of the few Icelandic artists who has gained a foothold in the international art scene. The Power of Images is a comprehensive overview of the artist's colourful career that has made use of various media in the visual arts.
You will find everything from performances, video works, graphics, multiples and collages, to more significant works in public spaces and paintings of all scales. All have helped him to earn his place in the art history of Europe. Here presented, is the most extensive exhibition that has been realised of the artist's works in Iceland.
The exhibition The Power of Images reflects Erró’s remarkable career and is considered based upon the artist's donation of art to the City of Reykjavík. In 1989 the City of Reykjavík accepted a large collection of around 2000 works by the artist, including documents and other material important to research on the artist and his contemporary time. The collection has grown steadily over the past years, with nearly 4000 works now in total.
The Power of Images is installed across Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús, with more than 300 artworks of various kinds, as well as, photographs and other information about the artist exhibited. An extensive publication will be released parallel to the exhibition, with texts by the curators, Danielle Kvaran and Gunnar B. Kvaran, in connection the exhibition, who writes of the different periods in the artist's career, along with texts and interviews by Bjarni Hinriksson, Jean-Max Colard, Alain Jouffroy, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Anne Tronche.