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Amy Rusch’s abstract fields of energy
By Sean O’Toole

In the first extensive presentation of her wide-ranging artistic practice, Amy Rusch is
showing a suite of textile works linked to her diverse interests in drawing, sewing,
sculpting, sailing, mapping and archaeology. All the works in her exhibition Seeing
with a Listening Ear are composed from salvaged materials. The thread is a mix of
inherited fibres – passed down from her maternal great grandmother Nouchi, a
milliner, maternal grandmother Johanna, paternal grandmother Sunray, and great aunt
Jill – gifts from family and friends, as well as …