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Item Name: Print
Title: 5 O'Clock
Maker: Russell Yuristy
Year: 1979
Country: Canadian
Materials: silkscreen 70/150
Measurements: in frame: 48.4 cm x 57.2 cm; work: 32.34 cm x 37.9 cm
ID Number: ART 220
Legal Status: ART RENTAL


Extended Label Info: Russell Yuristy is well known for his work in drawing, printmaking, and playground design. Informed by his interest in animal life and the natural environment, his work is realistic in style, though often experimental in his use of materials. Over his career, Yuristy has explored many mediums, often using unconventional approaches or methods of display, such as his drawings on plywood silhouettes. His designs for children’s play structures in the shape of animals reflected both his love for children and his desire to integrate art into everyday life. This image is a silkscreen print Yuristy created using metallic ink at the historic Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop in Winnipeg. Entitled “5 O’Clock” the image depicts tools resting on the woodshop bench at the end of the workday. This subject matter reveals Yuristy’s passion for construction and dedication to work. It is as much a self-portrait as it is a still life, revealing that for Yuristy, the process of making art is as equally important as the art object. Russell Yuristy (1936- ) was born in Goodeve, Saskatchewan. He graduated with a degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Saskatchewan (1959) before studying art at the University of Wisconsin (1967). After teaching art in Regina and coordinating workshops at Emma Lake, Yuristy moved to Stilton, Saskatchewan and began designing and constructing large playground structures. Yuristy’s playful designs defined many iconic spaces in the prairies, such as the red and white striped climbing “trees” in Regina’s Candy Cane Park, and the metal elephant Rusty on the north side of RPL Central Library. Although his sculptural play-spaces have been replaced as parks get updated, his approach was part of a revolution in public design. Today, Yuristy is known as a printmaker, painter and teacher whose works are based on the land and animal life around him. His artwork has been exhibited nationally and is held in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Mendel Art Gallery Collection at Remai Modern, and the Canada Council Art Bank.