Tony Jannetti

I live on the Bowery.
I moved to the Bowery at the end of 1975 or 1976"”I don't remember which at this time.
But Debbie Harry lived across the street on the top floor. Poets John Giorno and William Burroughs were down the block. Lynda Benglis was there as well, and down the street was the loft where the movie "Pull My Daisy" was filmed. I think it was Robert Frank's loft. A young Barry Bostwick lived up near 4th Street. Ping Chong was living on Bleecker Street at that time, as were Daniel Nagrin and Lee Nagrin, dancer Lee Connor, and Gin Louie, of the Lower East Side Print Shop. Judy Linn was on Elizabeth Street, Robert Fosdick several doors down from me, and Robert Mapplethorpe lived on Bond Street. These were just a few of the people in the neighborhood whom I knew or knew of at that time. I met and learned of so many more in the years to come. My loft is filled with a lot of original texture and pattern, tin, walls, all from the era the building was first built in mid-19th C. Back in the 70s, the AIR law (not to be confused with the loft law) was in effect and I had to go to a city agency to be approved to live in this loft.
I did. I was. I still do.

In the 70s I focused on watercolor and cut paper dimensional works, ...

Pratt Institute, Carnegie-Mellon

Most recent: Pine Hill Arts in August, 2019;
Shandaken Studio Tour, Ulster County, NY 2014-2018