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The prestigious Carnegie Art Award has
been established as the leading prize for
Nordic art. It was established by the
Carnegie Investment Bank in 1998 to support
skilled artists in the Nordic countries and to
promote contemporary painting. From the
autumn of 2003 it will take place biennially,
instead of every year as previously. The
Carnegie Art Award consists of four parts: a
touring exhibition of selected works, a docu-
mentation of the exhibition in the form of a
book, a film portraying the participating
artists, and awards to four of the artists.
Each year the exhibition opening and award
ceremony has been held in one of the five
Nordic capitals. The award ceremony took
place at the Royal Academy of Arts in
Stockholm in October, and then the exhibi-
tion will move to Reykjavík before continuing
on to Oslo, Copenhagen, London and
Helsinki.
Another important change this year sees the
prize amount doubling to a million Swedish
crowns, making it one of the most substan-
tial art prizes in the world. A number of addi-
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Nordic
THE CARNEGIE ART AWARD 2004
Nina Roos 1956 Finland
THE FIRST PRIZEWINNER
“UNTITLED FROM HABIT SUDDEN”, 2002
oil on acrylic glass, 2 parts, each 190x200 cm
Steingrímur Eyfjörd 1954 Iceland
“WHAT WAS IT CALLED AGAIN?”, 2003
ENGLISH RED HEMPEL 7611, GARDEN MARKER,
ENAMEL AND 3D DÉCOR PLASTIC ON CANVAS,
100X80
Claus Egemose 1956 Denmark
“FRONT-ROOM CULTURE”, 2003
BUILT UP WALL: VENETIAN BLINDS/COLOURED FILTER LIGHTS,
TABLES: ALUMINIUM/CAR PAINTING,
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