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| '''William (Bill) Hammond''' (born ], ]) is a ] artist. | '''William (Bill) Hammond''' (born ], ]) is a ] artist. | ||
| Hammond attended the School of Fine |
Hammond attended the School of Fine Arts at the ] from 1966 to 1969, and has worked as a full-time painter since 1981 (in between times working as a toymaker). His large canvases feature two common themes - reference to popular music (often in the form of the liberal use of quoted lyrics within the structure of the paintings), and gaunt creatures with avian heads and human limbs. | ||
| Hammond's canvases make liberal use of the flow of paint, with rivulets of colours running vertically down the backgrounds. These dark canvases, coupled with the anthropomorphic bird forms, have led to comparisons with the likes of ]. | Hammond's canvases make liberal use of the flow of paint, with rivulets of colours running vertically down the backgrounds. These dark canvases, coupled with the anthropomorphic bird forms, have led to comparisons with the likes of ]. | ||
| His best known work is probably the 1993 painting "Waiting for Buller |
His best known work is probably the 1993 painting "Waiting for Buller". | ||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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William (Bill) Hammond (born Christchurch, 1947) is a New Zealand artist.
Hammond attended the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1966 to 1969, and has worked as a full-time painter since 1981 (in between times working as a toymaker). His large canvases feature two common themes - reference to popular music (often in the form of the liberal use of quoted lyrics within the structure of the paintings), and gaunt creatures with avian heads and human limbs.
Hammond's canvases make liberal use of the flow of paint, with rivulets of colours running vertically down the backgrounds. These dark canvases, coupled with the anthropomorphic bird forms, have led to comparisons with the likes of Hieronymus Bosch.
His best known work is probably the 1993 painting "Waiting for Buller".
External links
- NZ Artists online gallery and biography
- Sympathetic Magic - The Paintings of Bill Hammond, by Tessa Laird
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