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In Our Masthead: Fiona Gardner

by Art Fag City on July 21, 2008

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Fiona Gardner, Neddy Garde Miss Subways: Dec 1967—Jan 1968, 2007

Artist Biography

Fiona Gardner is an artist based in New York. She received her BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, and graduated with an MFA from Columbia in 2004. Rooted in ideas of place, personal history, and the relationship between
fantasy and everyday life, her work focuses on women and performance in constructed environments. Previous projects include directing and photographing female performers at roadside attractions in Florida, including mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs and southern
belles at Cypress Gardens. She has also photographed women in fantastical costuming and props, such as a 16-foot shoe or a giant-sized treasure chest.

Over the last year, Fiona has been tracking down former Miss Subways to photograph in the places they currently live and work. Writer Amy Zimmer collaborates with her to interview these women and examines their current lives relative to their past aspirations. They are actively seeking former Miss Subways for a forthcoming book, and can be contacted at info[at]fionagardner.com.

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Fiona Gardner in the New York Times City Section

by Art Fag City on December 30, 2007

Fiona Gardner, Ellen Hart Sturm, March-April 1959, Owner, Ellen's Stardust Diner (Broadway and 51st Street) Saw you on the E Train a brilliant photo essay documenting Miss Subway winners at home or at work appears in this Sunday’s City section of the New York Times. Photographer Fiona Gardner teams up with writer Amy Zimmer to […]

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Who Deserves Public Arts Funding? A Blade of Grass Wants to Know

by Whitney Kimball on July 25, 2012
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As A Blade of Grass announces its candidates for grantees, we wonder whether public art should challenge a general audience.

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Upcoming: The Wassaic Project

by Art Fag City on July 31, 2009

POST BY JULIA HALPERIN Karl Saliter, Fueled Overtones, at last year’s Wassaic Project. Via: karlsaliter.com It’s not news that there isn’t much to do in the art world in August.  Most people go on vacation, and those who don’t are stuck hovering next to the lone fan at gallery openings. But the Wassaic Project Summer […]

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Hello Redesign!

by Art Fag City on June 21, 2007

Image via Fiona Gardner Sorry for the late start today, but as you can see we’ve been very busy over here. As promised, we’ve been working on a few design changes around here that we think will make our life and yours a little easier. First of all, observe our new Fresh Links column. We […]

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En Plain Air Reloaded

by Art Fag City on June 5, 2007

Fiona Gardner (left), Amy Talluto (right) Amy Talluto and Fiona Gardner make an unexpected match in Black and White Gallery’s “Matrix-meets-Impressionism” titled exhibition En Plein Air RELOADED, opening this Thursday. Despite an unfortunate name suggesting a lame collection of early 2000 cyberpunks, the show actually brings together a promising assortment of emerging artists who use […]

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Posting Notice: Hourly Updates on What We Haven’t Posted

by Art Fag City on May 29, 2007

Fiona Gardner, Southern Bell, 2006 I hate to issue posting notices that simply explain that there will be posts later on in the day, but since we’ve been gone for the weekend, it seems appropriate in this case to do so.  More to come soon!

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Fresh Links!

by Art Fag City on March 22, 2007

Fiona Gardner Artist Fiona Gardner launches her website. How is it this woman does not yet have representation?

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Setting the Record Straight

by Art Fag City on October 26, 2005

Sometime ago, I wrote a post observing that Lisa Kereszi had on two occasions taken a very similar photograph as other lesser known artists. Though it seemed unlikely that Kereszi was copying the work, certainly one could not altogether rule out the possibility that this might be the case. Yesterday, I received an email from […]

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