As the title implies, these characters can be seen to represent Aotearoa New Zealand’s indigenous birds waiting for the arrival of nineteenth-century colonial ornithologists (or, as Bill …

Watching for Buller is the defining work in a major series which grew out of Bill Hammond’s participation in a government–sponsored artists’ visit to the Auckland Islands in 1989. There …

Watching for Buller is part of a series of work by Bill Hammond that brings together his interests in the land, New Zealand bird-life and 19th century ornithologist Sir Walter Buller. Painted soon …

One of Hammond's best known work was the painting Waiting for Buller (1993). [12] This was in reference to Walter Lawry Buller, the first New Zealander ornithologist who wrote A History of …

Aug 1, 2019 · Playing pool, drinking wine and relaxing, they wait for the arrival of New Zealand’s colonial ornithologist (or bird stuffer, as Hammond likes to call him) Walter Buller. Local …

Apr 10, 2021 · In Waiting for Buller. Bar (1993), the bird-people are playing pool in a pub. Are they about to be stuffed? Passing the waiting time as best they can, hanging out with friends, …

They are alert, watchful creatures that belie their historical extinction at the hands of collectors and traders in rare native birds, of whom Walter Buller was the most notorious. In Waiting for …

Bill Hammond - Waiting for Buller. Bar Content partner Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Collection Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Description. 1993. Acrylic …

Hammond’s paintings present his bird-people in a range of surreal scenarios. Some paintings are set in primordial nature; others find his bird-people in the pub, drinking, smoking, and playing …

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