March 22- Rusty the elephant

I remember seeing this sculpture outside the Regina Public Library the first time I visited Regina back in 1996. I thought it was a very cool-looking structure.

Created by Russell Yurisity in 1981, this was part of a temporary exhibit of the artist's work at the Dunlop Art Gallery...but the work stayed behind. According to the very large and a long-time-to-download brochure by the City of Regina, it took the artist 2 years to create this elephant.