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Alfons Bytautas
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Alfons Bytautas RSA
This exhibition features a diverse range of artwork dating from 2018 through to the most recent collage works, completed earlier this year.
Born in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders and now based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Alfons Bytautas RSA studied at Edinburgh College of Art (1972-77) before going to Paris to study at Atelier 17, the studio of the esteemed Modernist printmaker Stanley William Hayter. Bytautas was Master Printmaker at Edinburgh Printmakers' Workshop from 1979 to 2009, where he was instrumental in developing and promoting innovative print techniques. Bytautas was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1994 and became a Royal Scottish Academician in 2005.
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Reflections
'I am interested in making work informed by my interest in esoteric systems, codes, signs and symbols – from the magical symbolism of alchemy to the pixels and binary codes of our digital world.'
'These mysterious or specialised systems were designed to process verbal and visual information and require a “key” of some kind to allow access. Although they may not have been designed to be aesthetically pleasing, they often have an innate beauty. I don’t think of the images I make as being either abstact or figurative. Geometrical figures are mostly perceived as being “abstract” in art and there is certainly an underlying geometrical system in a lot of these works – a simple grid. This pattern of crossed vertical and horizontal lines is often merely implied and might appear in my work, not through a predetermined system or process but unconsciously. Making a grid structure is, after all, a simple and elegant way of imposing order.'
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'Wonderful magical things can and do occur, if we simply choose to let them happen.'
'It also tends to emphasize the essentially two-dimensional nature of the artwork, working against any attempt to create illusory space. It is immensely helpful in creating pattern and is a useful tool for exploring any number of things from mathematical progression to colour contrasts. It is also suggests play and the grid structure is a fundamental aspect of many board games (often with very ancient origins).
'For all of us, play is a useful activity for freeing the mind and for tapping into unconcsious creativity. I find that making art never feels like work, unless it starts to go wrong.
'Even then, wonderful magical things can and do occur, if we simply choose to let them happen.'
Alfons Bytautas, March 2021
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Available Works
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Alfons Bytautas RSAGuide, 2021Acrylic and collage on card16 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAWaiting, 2021Acrylic and collage on card16 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSASecret Sight, 2021Acrylic and collage on card19 x 18 cm£ 350.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAInstruction, 2021Acrylic and collage on paper18 x 18 cmSold
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Alfons Bytautas RSANever Leave, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper30 x 28 cm£ 425.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSALate Hour, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper30 x 28 cm£ 425.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAOnce Again, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper30 x 28 cm£ 425.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAPrescence, 2020Acrylic and collage on card15 x 10 cm£ 225.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAStay Silent, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper30 x 28 cm£ 425.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSANews of the Invisible, 2018Acrylic and collage on card30 x 42 cmSold
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Alfons Bytautas RSARevelation, 2021Acrylic and collage on card19 x 18 cm£ 350.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSATransfiguration, 2021Acrylic and collage on paper38.5 x 38.5 cm£ 750.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAPaths, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 33 x 23 cm
Paper size: 50 x 35 cm
Edition of 10£ 275.00 -
Alfons Bytautas RSASonata, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 30 x 21 cm
Paper size: 35 x 26 cm
Edition of 6£ 150.00 -
Alfons Bytautas RSABelonging, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 33 x 23 cm
Paper size: 56 x 38 cm
Edition of 10£ 295.00 -
Alfons Bytautas RSAElixir, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 35 x 29 cm
Paper size: 47 x 40 cm
Edition of 10£ 295.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAReflections, 2019Acrylic and collage on board21 x 30 cm£ 550.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAForgotten Rhyme, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper27 x 25 cm£ 400.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAFeel Good, 2020Acrylic and collage on millboard21 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAInterplay, 2019Acrylic and collage on board36 x 41 cm£ 650.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAFirst Day, 2020-2021Acrylic and collage on greyboard23 x 21 cm£ 475.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSASeeking, 2020Acrylic and collage on card15 x 10 cm£ 225.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSABe Still, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper27 x 25 cm£ 400.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSASigns and Wonders, 2021Acrylic and collage on card19 x 18 cm£ 350.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSALegend, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 39 x 29 cm
Paper size: 46 x 34 cm
Edition of 10£ 295.00 -
Alfons Bytautas RSAMoments, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 43 x 30 cm
Paper size: 56 x 38 cm
Edition of 10£ 275.00 -
Alfons Bytautas RSAVision, 2019ScreenprintImage size: 33 x 23cm
Paper size: 55 x 38 cm
Edition of 10£ 275.00 -
Alfons Bytautas RSAVariation, 2020Crayon on paper28 x 25 cmSold
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Alfons Bytautas RSAInside the Circle, 2018Acrylic and collage on panel21 x 30 cm£ 400.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSASinging to a Star, 2018Acrylic and collage on card21 x 30 cm£ 450.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAJust in Time, 2019Acrylic and collage on card35 x 35 cm£ 650.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAInfinite Chamber, 2021Acrylic and collage on card38.5 x 38.5 cm£ 750.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAImagine, 2020Acrylic and collage on card18.5 x 12 cm£ 250.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAHeart and Soul, 2019Acrylic and collage on board29 x 39 cm£ 550.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAApex, 2021Acrylic and collage on card16 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAMirage, 2021Acrylic and collage on card16 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAProof Positive, 2021Acrylic and collage on card16 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAEquation, 2021Acrylic and collage on greyboard29 x 39 cm£ 500.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSACountdown, 2019Acrylic and collage on panel30 x 30 cm£ 500.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAAffirmation, 2019Acrylic and collage on board29 x 39 cm£ 550.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAAll Along, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper27 x 25 cm£ 400.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAWithout a Song, 2019Acrylic and collage on paper38 x 38 cm£ 650.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAWinter Poem, 2020Acrylic and collage on millboard20 x 19 cm£ 450.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAThink Twice, 2020Acrylic and collage on paper27 x 25 cm£ 400.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAProclamation, 2019Acrylic and collage on panel25 x 30 cm£ 500.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAMoments Like This, 2019Acrylic and collage on panel30 x 30 cm£ 500.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSAMemory, 2020Acrylic and collage on card18.5 x 12 cm£ 250.00
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Alfons Bytautas RSALook Good, 2020Acrylic and collage on millboard21 x 15 cm£ 300.00
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