Carl Hammoud (born 3 April 1976) is a Swedish artist. He was educated at the Valand Academy i 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.
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.
References
- Poellinger, Clemens; Treijs, Erica (16 December 2007). "Samtidskonst gäller för Carl Hammoud". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- "Största konstpriset i Sverige utdelat". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- Boucher, Brian (9 November 2017). "'The Art World Is Hard to Satirize': Ruben Östlund on Sending Up Curators in His Award-Winning Film 'The Square'". Artnet. Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2018.