ARE BLYTT
Installation view, oil paintings for Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2021
Installation view, oil and acrylic paintings for Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Exhibition view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020
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
CLOSER – ARTIST BOOK 2021
BEING – EXHIBITION MONOGRAPH 2020
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
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
Boy, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 149 x 106 cm / 58.6 x 41.7 inches
Subversive, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 41 x 31 cm / 16.1 x 12.2 inches
Beautiful Wreck, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 30 x 40 cm / 11.8 x 15.7 inches
Focused and Miserable, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 30 x 40 cm / 11.8 x 15.7 inches
Hand #1 , 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 94 cm / 52.3 x 37 inches
Double Kierkegaard, 2020, oil and pigment print on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches
Beginning of the End, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 129 × 93 cm / 50.7 x 36.6 inches
Closer, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 126.5 × 94 cm / 49.8 x 37 inches
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
For the First Time, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 94 cm / 52.3 x 37 inches
Mothers, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 136 x 96 cm / 53.5 x 37.7 inches
Sensitive, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 93.5 cm / 52.3 x 36.8 inches
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Exhibition view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020
A Carafe Without Water, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
Interrogatory Gaze, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
The Perfect Drug, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
Sober Experience, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2019
Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
Exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Are Blytt (right) and Dirk Stewen (left), exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Are Blytt (right) and Dirk Stewen (left), exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
Poem, 2013, oil on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 240 x 335 cm / 94.4 x 131.8 inches