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Bill Hammond : across the evening sky / Peter Vangioni with Tony de Lautour, Rachael King, Nic Low, Paul Scofield, Ariana Tikao [and others] ; editor Sarah Pepperle ; designer Aaron Beehre.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand : Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2021Description: 239 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781877375675
  • 1877375675
Other title:
  • Across the evening sky
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.993 23
Contents:
Our Bill / Blair Jackson -- Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving / Peter Vangioni -- Songs of feather and bone / Ariana Tikao -- Two New Zealand painters / Bill Hammond and Tony de Lautour -- Flight / Nic Low -- Death from above / Paul Scofield -- Bird army / Rachael King -- Plates -- List of works -- Beating the drum / Mark Adams, Shane Cotton, Jason Greig, Chris Grosz, Gerda Leenards, Liz Maw, Fiona Pardington, Nathan Pōhio, Bruce Russell, Francis Upritchard, Ronnie van Hout, Marlon Williams -- Artist information -- Contributor notes.
Summary: "Bill Hammond was an artist with a singular vision. One of the greats of Aotearoa's art history, his paintings of bird-people occupying mythologised landscapes empty of human inhabitants have mesmerised audiences for three decades." -- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 759.993 HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A562623B

"We ... [were] asking writers to create contexts from within which readers might view the works [especially his cave paintings]"--Page 11.

Includes bibliographical references.

Our Bill / Blair Jackson -- Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving / Peter Vangioni -- Songs of feather and bone / Ariana Tikao -- Two New Zealand painters / Bill Hammond and Tony de Lautour -- Flight / Nic Low -- Death from above / Paul Scofield -- Bird army / Rachael King -- Plates -- List of works -- Beating the drum / Mark Adams, Shane Cotton, Jason Greig, Chris Grosz, Gerda Leenards, Liz Maw, Fiona Pardington, Nathan Pōhio, Bruce Russell, Francis Upritchard, Ronnie van Hout, Marlon Williams -- Artist information -- Contributor notes.

"Bill Hammond was an artist with a singular vision. One of the greats of Aotearoa's art history, his paintings of bird-people occupying mythologised landscapes empty of human inhabitants have mesmerised audiences for three decades." -- Provided by publisher.

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