Bill Hammond: Across the Evening Sky

Publication Details Hard cover with folded poster dust jacket, 290 x 240 mm, 240 pages. ISBN: 978-1-877375-67-5

Author and/or Editor name/s Peter Vangioni with Tony de Lautour, Rachael King, Nic Low, Paul Scofield and Ariana Tikao

Author and/or Editor bio/s Peter Vangioni is a curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, where he curated Bill Hammond’s last public gallery exhibition, Playing the Drums, in 2019. Peter also works as a nocturnal letterpress printer and plays drums / electrical feedback noises in the band Purple Mountain Eagle.

Year of Publication 2021

Publisher Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Abstract 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. This exquisitely designed and produced book shows the artist at his finest.