Iceland 02 04 Reykjavik Art Erro Pops History [18 of 34]
The Reykjavik Art Museum is housed in the converted Hafnarhus (Harbour House), a very stylish steel and concrete warehouse. The museum features a permanent collection of multi-coloured giant cartoon-like paintings by the highly political Icelandic painter Erro, born Guðmundur Guðmundsson in 1932 in Ólafsvík Iceland. Here is one of my favourites, Pop’s History (1967), in which cartoonish bearded Muscovites in fur hats frolic in the snow while excerpts from Pop classics (Andy Warhol’s Marilyn, Tom Wesselman’s nude, Claes Oldenburg’s hamburger) float above in comic-style balloons.