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Gregory Alan Elliott
Sidewalk Fetal (2007)
house paint on paper
About the Work
Sidewalk Fetal takes this year's theme of 'Shelter' to its most basic form. The fetal position being the last real shelter option for someone who finds themselves left with nothing and nobody and nowhere to go. Free samples of expensive house paints are used to pixelate the image in a style similar to the digital pixelation used to conceal information on a television screen - symbolizing the general public's ability to ignore the homeless at their feet.
About the Artist
Gregory Alan Elliott is an Experimental Arts honour graduate of the Ontario College of Art. A single father with four sons, Greg has spent the past twenty-five years working as an art director and graphic designer for Toronto advertising agencies and at Citytv. Designing for the past decade at the City of Mississauga, Greg has worked on the GTA-wide LitterBug anti-litter campaign, Healthy City Stewardship Centre, PlaceMaking and many other public good initiatives. Greg lives in Toronto with his artist partner Annie and their seven children from previous marriages... in two separate homes, of course.
gregory.elliott@mississauga.ca
