Carl Hammoud
Illustration — Hammoud in 2015 Carl Hammoud (born 3 April 1976) is a Swedish artist. He was educated at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg and primarily works as a painter. Many of his paintings depict sterile interior environments such as offices and libraries, which are given a timeless and sometimes fantastical quality.
Carl Hammoud
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- 1976 · Stockholm.
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- Sweden
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · artist
- Education
- Konstskolan Idun Lovén
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Illustration — Hammoud in 2015 Carl Hammoud (born 3 April 1976) is a Swedish artist. He was educated at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg and primarily works as a painter. Many of his paintings depict sterile interior environments such as offices and libraries, which are given a timeless and sometimes fantastical quality.
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In 2012 he received Åke Andréns konstnärsstipendium, which with a prize sum of 500,000 kronor is Sweden's most valuable art prize. His paintings of piles of chairs inspired an installation piece in the 2017 film The Square, which satirizes the art world.
Carl Hammoud studied at Konstskolan Idun Lovén. Work by Carl Hammoud is recorded in the collections of Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
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- 1.Poellinger, Clemens. Samtidskonst gäller för Carl Hammoud. Svenska Dagbladet. 16 December 2007.
- 2.Största konstpriset i Sverige utdelat. Sveriges Radio. 27 August 2012.
- 3.Boucher, Brian. ‘The Art World Is Hard to Satirize’: Ruben Östlund on Sending Up Curators in His Award-Winning Film ‘The Square’. Artnet. Artnet Worldwide Corporation. 9 November 2017.
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