ARE BLYTT

 

Are Blytt, Galerie Alber

Installation view, oil paintings for Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2021

 

 

Are Blytt

Installation view, oil and acrylic paintings for Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020

 

 

Are Blytt

Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

 

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Exhibition view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020

 

 

Are Blytt

Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2020

 

 

UPCOMING PROJECTS

2021 Essay to a new publication dedicated to the Norwegian artist Elisabeth Haarr. Published by Bergen Kunsthall and Sternberg Press

2021 Studio-garden Verrewinkel, studio residency, Brussels, Belgium

2021 LRRH Editions, Cologne, Germany

2021 Salon No. 16, Salon Verlag, Cologne, Germany

2022 Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain studio residency, Brussels, Belgium

 

 

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2021 Galerie Alber, solo exhibition, Cologne, Germany

2020 Galleri K, solo exhibition, Oslo, Norway

2019 WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, The Project Room, solo exhibition, Brussels, Belgium

2019 Galerie Alber, duo exhibition, Cologne, Germany

2019 MLF | Marie-Laure Fleisch, duo exhibition with Dirk Stewen, Brussels, Belgium

2019 Blomqvist Auction House, group exhibition, Oslo, Norway

2018 Philipp von Rosen Galerie, group exhibition, Cologne, Germany

2018 Kunsthalle CCA Andratx, group exhibition, Andratx, Spain

2017 EIGHT PAINTINGS, solo exhibition at Galleri K, Oslo, Norway

 

 

TEXTS AND SELECTED PRESS

Exhibition essay by Gérard A. Goodrow, Galerie Alber, 2021, Cologne, Germany English / German

Closer, KubaParis, 2021, Berlin, Germany

Closer, TZVETNIK, 2021, Russia

Closer, Daily Lazy, 2021, Athens, Greece

The Benefits of Bankruptcy, interview by Tom Lingnau, Weinspach Publishing, 2020, Cologne, Germany English

Exhibition essay by Arve Rød, Galleri K, 2020, Oslo, Norway Norsk

Exhibition essay by Lina Viste Grønli, Galleri K, 2020, Oslo, Norway English

Being, exhibition review by Espen Hauglid, Morgenbladet, 2020, Oslo, Norway Norsk

Being, book review by Øivind Storm Bjerke, Klassekampen, 2020, Oslo, Norway,  Norsk

Being, exhibition review by Kjetil Røed, Vårt Land, 2020, Oslo, Norway Norsk

Beautiful Wreck, exhibition review by Sofie Crabbé, HART Magazine, 2019, Brussels, Belgium Flemish

NÅR HIMMELEN KLARNER, Art Viewer, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium

Exhibition essay by Erlend Hammer, Galleri K, 2017, Oslo, Norway English / Norsk

EIGHT PAINTINGS, interview by Charlotte Jansen, Elephant Magazine, 2017, London, UK English

 

 

CONTACT

For further information or studio related inquiries: ablytt (at) gmail.com

Galleri K – Oslo

Galerie Alber – Cologne

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Are Blytt artist book, Weinspach Publishing

CLOSER – ARTIST BOOK 2021

 

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BEING – EXHIBITION MONOGRAPH 2020

 

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EIGHT PAINTINGS – EXHIBITION MONOGRAPH 2017

 

AVAILABLE AT:

CURA MAGAZINE BOOKSTORE, ROME, ITALY

BERGEN KUNSTHALL BOOKSTORE, BERGEN, NORWAY

WIELS ART CENTRE BOOKSTORE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

GALLERI K, OSLO, NORWAY

GALERIE ALBER, COLOGNE, GERMANY

 

 

OTHER PROJECTS

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2019 Avenue x Are Blytt, Sensitive Human Being, runway show at Villa Stenersen,  Oslo, Norway

Avenue x Are Blytt, Document Journal, by Hannah Ongley, 2019, New York City, US English

Avenue x Are Blytt, Italian Vogue, by Riccardo Terzo, 2019, Milano, Italy Italian

 

 

SELECTED WORKS

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Boy, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 149 x 106 cm / 58.6 x 41.7 inches

 

 

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Subversive, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 41 x 31 cm / 16.1 x 12.2 inches

 

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Beautiful Wreck, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 30 x 40 cm / 11.8 x 15.7 inches

 

 

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Focused and Miserable, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 30 x 40 cm / 11.8 x 15.7 inches

 

 

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Hand #1 , 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 94 cm / 52.3 x 37 inches

 

 

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Double Kierkegaard, 2020, oil and pigment print on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches

 

 

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Beginning of the End, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 129 × 93 cm / 50.7 x 36.6 inches

 

 

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Closer, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 126.5 × 94 cm / 49.8 x 37 inches

 

 

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Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

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Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

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For the First Time, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 94 cm / 52.3 x 37 inches

 

 

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Mothers, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 136 x 96 cm / 53.5 x 37.7 inches

 

 

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Sensitive, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 93.5 cm / 52.3 x 36.8 inches

 

 

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Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

Exhibition view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020

 

 

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A Carafe Without Water, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches

 

 

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Interrogatory Gaze, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches

 

 

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The Perfect Drug, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches

 

 

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Sober Experience, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches

 

 

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Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2019

 

 

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Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2019

 

 

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No title I, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches

 

 

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No title III, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches

 

 

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No title VIII, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches

 

 

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No title IV, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches

 

 

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No title VI, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches

 

 

Are Blytt

Exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

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Exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

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Are Blytt (right) and Dirk Stewen (left), exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

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Are Blytt (right) and Dirk Stewen (left), exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

 

 

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Obnoxiously, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 136 x 96 cm / 53.5 x 37.7 inches

 

 

Untitled (Hands), 2018, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, archival-print, aluminum stretcher, 200 x 100 cm / 78.7 x 39.3 inches

 

 

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Untitled (Hands), detail, 2018

 

 

Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

 

Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

 

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Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

 

Untitled (Figure), 2018, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, archival-print, aluminum stretcher, 100 x 200 cm / 39.3 x 78.7 inches

 

 

Untitled (Figure), detail, 2018

 

 

Untitled (Nelson), detail, 2018

 

 

Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

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Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

 

Either / Or, 2018, acrylic on linen canvas, 210 x 240 cm / 82.6 x 94.4 inches

 

 

Close to the River & The Benefits of Bankruptcy, 2018, acrylic on linen canvas, 220 x 214 cm each / 86.6 x 84.2 inches each

Kierkegaard, 2017, oil and acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 200 x 130 cm / 78.7 x 51.1 inches

 

 

Houellebecq, 2017, oil and acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 200 x 130 cm / 78.7 x 51.1 inches

 

 

Skram, 2017, oil and acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 200 x 270 cm / 78.7 x 106.2 inches

 

 

Installation view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2017

 

 

Installation view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2017

 

 

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Untitled (Merkel), 2017, acrylic paint on linen canvas, archival-print, 200 x 213 cm / 78.7 x 83.8 inches

 

 

 

Untitled (Merkel), detail, 2017

 

 

Youth Riot, 2017, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches

 

 

Bread and Roses, 2017, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches

 

 

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Poem, 2013, oil on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 240 x 335 cm / 94.4 x 131.8 inches