McLeavey, who was told of the death by Hammond s wife, said he died on Saturday evening. Arts commentator Hamish Keith was among the first to pay tribute to Hammond, describing him as a marvellous artist and a very lovely man .
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
A painting titled The Fall of Icarus, by Bill Hammond who has died, aged 73. Keith told
The Panel Hammond s death was not only a great loss for his family but also an enormous loss for the art scene in this country. He said one of his best known works was
Waiting for Buller. It was poignant because Walter Buller was the country s first ornithologist, who published
Thus the Blast Carried it,
Into the World ,
(still), 2021.
Monitor 3.1:
Curated by Sean Kerr, Michelle Wang, and Jamie Hanton with a
new commission by Qianye Lin and Qianhe ‘AL’
Lin.
Exhibition preview: Friday 29 Janaury,
5:30pm
Exhibition runs: 30 January – 21 February
2021
Exhibition talk with Qianye Lin and Qianhe
‘AL’ Lin: Saturday 30 January,
2pm
Monitor 3.1 is the second part of a
revisit and update to
Monitor, an exhibition of
moving image work from Aotearoa and abroad curated by Sean
Kerr and David Watson in 1996
. This new exhibition
builds on the original curatorial framework and includes
three programmes: a programme of commissioned collaborative
work by emerging New Zealand artists, a three-part programme