Are Blytt

Oslo, Norway

Are Blytt (b.1981 in Bergen, Norway) lives and works in Oslo.

Blytt’s practice embraces painting. His works explore ideas and concepts of what it means to be human, its ideologies and our modern age. The relationship between image and text, as well as the interplay between photography and painting, are essential components of his work. Through these relationships, Blytt examines the structures that shape human experience.

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Publications

SOFT RETROSPECTIVE (2024)

ISBN–9783897705869

SOFT RETROSPECTIVE brings together works from the last twelve years of Are Blytt´s painting practice. His work explores the idea and concept of what an artist is, beyond basic questions about what defines an individual behind broken ideologies and evolutionary U-turns. The relationship – and communication – between image and text, as well as the connection between photography and painting, is fundamental in this progression. The book is a look into the painterly, conceptual, and political in Blytt´s work, accompanied with essays by Chloe Stead (GB), Ravi Ghosh (GB), Tommy Olsson (NO), and an interview Tom Lingnau (DE).

CLOSER (2021)

ISBN–978-3-9819124-6-3

This artist book brings together the works from Are Blytt´s solo exhibition "Closer", Galerie Alber, Cologne 2021. Edition of 200. Offset print. Designed by Tom Lingnau.

BEING (2020)

This monograph brings together the works from Are Blytt´s solo exhibition "Being", Galleri K, Oslo 2020. Full colour photographs and essay by Norwegian contemporary artist Lina Viste Grønli. The book comes in two different covers.

EIGHT PAINTINGS (2017)

This monograph brings together the paintings from Are Blytt´s solo exhibition "Eight Paintings", Galleri K, Oslo 2017. Full colour photographs and an in-depth essay by Norwegian art theorist Erlend Hammer. The book comes in two different covers.