Allan Molho on Keeping the Memory of Robert Janz Alive

In late tumble, the fiercely independent and inventive multimedia artist Robert Janz died at the age of 88. Considering that moving to Tribeca quite a few decades ago, he had remodeled his neighboring streets into an unconventional open up air gallery. Intent on enriching our recognition and appreciation of the ephemeral with his artworks and poems, he quietly raged from consumerism, greed, egotism and human defilement of the natural environment.

Earlier this 12 months, photographer and artist Allan Molho graced Duane Avenue — just various steps from in which Robert Janz experienced lived — with the set up pictured higher than in his honor. What follows is an interview with Allan, along with shots of Robert Janz‘s operate that Allan Molho experienced captured.

When did you to start with experience Robert Janz‘s distinct aesthetic in a general public place?

Back in 2011, I found out photos of mountains and birds above ads on a design site.

What originally attracted you to Janz‘s do the job?

I was attracted to its subversive mother nature. I favored that Janz was not offering a products. There was nothing business about his function. It was pure communication. In addition to ripping up advertisements to repurpose them as bouquets or birds, he also left poems on  partitions.

You were naturally impressed by him.

Indeed, he surely encouraged me He had a serene perception in his function and in his creative imagination. And as an artist, I know how crucial this is. I’m also influenced by his resolve to continue receiving his concept out in community areas until eventually his late 80’s.

What spurred you to photograph Janz‘s operate during the past 10 years?

I desired to share it with other individuals. Janz was a wonderful artist, and his strategies are vital. He was one of a kind in numerous strategies.

And what motivated you to install this memorial to him on Duane Avenue?

Since of the ephemeral character of Janz‘s community art in this community, I want to maintain his memory alive. It is crucial that he be remembered.

Have you crafted any other public installations that shell out tribute to many others?

Sure. Among individuals whom I’ve honored in general public spaces are: Michael Stewart, Timothy Caughman and Covid 19 medical doctors.

Take note: Be confident to examine out Allan Molho‘s website — www.memorialsnewyork.com, — for an ongoing documentation of  NYC memorials, tributes and commemorations.

Pics: 1 Lois Stavsky 2-6 Allan Molho

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