
Review – Anthea Grob
This combination of a review and an offering of information on the life and times of Yvonne Rust, recently recieved from John Ball, speaks for itself. The image shows detail of a large statue designed and created by Yvonne Rust with help in the construction from others, which stands at the entrance to the Quarry Arts Centre in Whangarei and is known as Spirit of the Quarry.
5 Feb 2015
Greetings Theresa,
I write primarily to thank you for your wonderful book on the life of Yvonne Rust.
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People who were regarded as "Arty" and/or eccentric by the locals in the Whangarei Heads area were pretty well tolerated from at least as far back as the 1950s; sometimes with bemusement, but often as wise people in their own fields. Though there wasn't much interest in those particular fields, the eyes of the locals would always light up whenever the names of these "characters" were mentioned.
Yvonne Rust arrived suddenly, it seemed to me, in Parua Bay. It was the early 1970s and I had
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Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit by Theresa Sjoquist reviewed by Shari Pickering, Life Coach and Co-Owner of On the Edge Gallery in Whangarei, NZ - published in May-June News of On the Edge Gallery & Design.
At the beginning I thought I was reading a book about Yvonne Rust. By the end I knew I had read a book about the power of following one's daimon (or passion).
Although I am an avid reader, biographies are not usually my topic of choice. In the past I have found them to be dry, sometimes
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This review was published in the Go Arts section of the Christchurch Press on 26 August 2011 - reviewed by Warren Feeney.
How many books are there on the life of an art teacher employed at a secondary school and her influence on the development of New Zealand art? Curiously none immediately come to mind in a country where, for much of the 20th century, teaching played a predominant role in the lives of most New Zealand artists.
Yvonne Rust. Maverick Spirit proves that the country's art history
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