TY - BOOK AU - Vangioni,Peter AU - De Lautour,Tony AU - King,Rachael AU - Low,Nic AU - Scofield,R.Paul AU - Tikao,Ariana AU - Pepperle,Sarah ED - Christchurch Art Gallery TI - Bill Hammond: across the evening sky SN - 9781877375675 U1 - 759.993 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand PB - Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū KW - Hammond, Bill, N1 - "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 N2 - "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 ER -