Contact: Deanna Novak
Phone: 920-437-7623, x-12
Ashwaubenon (Green Bay, Wis.) – A new exhibit entitled “From Big Boy to Boxcars: The Good & Bad of Railroad Graffiti” opened
at the National Railroad Museum on February 1 and features the photographic works of Andrea Fuhrman and Tim Noll.
“This exhibit allows the Museum to showcase professional photographs of railroad graffiti, a distinctive and unconventional art form
that originated in ancient times and is prevalent and somewhat controversial in modern life and railroading,” said Jacqueline D. Frank,
Executive Director of the National Railroad Museum.
The National Railroad Museum is home to a Union Pacific Railroad Big Boy, a locomotive whose world famous name is derived
from graffiti. This exhibit explores graffiti both as art and vandalism in both a social and historical context, detailing its appearance
in many ancient cultures to its controversial use as a social and political statement, and its eventual acceptance as an artistic style in
major cities and within the art world as a whole.
“We hope that the community will use this exhibit as a place to both examine the fine art photography, but to also use it as a basis of
social discourse about graffiti’s role in the community, as an art form, and the social and political issues it suggests,” said Frank.
The National Railroad Museum and is located at 2285 S. Broadway in Green Bay and is currently open to the public on Tuesday
through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is $9.00 for adults, $8.00 for
senior citizens, $6.50 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under age 3.
Founded in 1956, the Museum educates the public through programs, exhibits, and preservation projects about the ongoing impact of
railroads in our lives. Visiting the National Railroad Museum offers an opportunity to explore our railroad heritage. The Museum is
one of the oldest and largest institutions of its kind in the United States.
Andrea Fuhrman Biography
With a MFA from Washington University (St. Louis) and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Andrea Fuhrman
has a distinguished career with pieces exhibited in New York City, St. Louis, California, Kansas and Oregon. Holding a prestigious
collection of works by Kansas-born artists, a selection of Fuhrman’s photographs and collages were acquired by Emprise Bank in
Wichita. She has also served as adjunct faculty at St. Louis Community College and was awarded domestic and international artist-in-
residencies, which included working in Costa Rica and Finland.
As a child, Andrea Fuhrman remembers the impressions left by peering through her father’s microscope. Fuhrman’s art also pulls the
viewer inward as she tightly focuses on the color, texture and detail allowing one to see the richness and depth of otherwise common
and overlooked subjects. Using long telephoto lenses and macro-photography, she is able to create visually stunning images pulled
from the graffiti found on railcars. Her mixed media collages are known for their use of minutia, and like her photography, creates a
very feminine piece out of a stereotypically masculine subject.
Tim Noll Biography
A Wisconsin native, with a strong love for line and composition, Tim Noll’s photography primarily falls in the black and white realm,
with an emphasis on the use of traditional film photography techniques. His color photography documents unique subjects where line
and composition cannot reveal depth alone. Noll’s mixed media pieces have been exhibited at the Neville Public Museum. Like his
photography, he focuses on line, spaces and shapes, while also concentrating on an experimental use of color and layering to achieve
highly detailed and emotive art.
