Stephen Antonakos
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Stephen Antonakos (Greek: Στυλιανός Αντωνάκος; November 1, 1926 in Agios Nikolaos, Laconia, Greece – August 17, 2013 in New York City)[1] was a Greek-American sculptor most well known for his abstract sculptures often incorporating neon.
Life and works
Antonakos moved with his family from Greece to the United States at the age of 4 and was raised in the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Bay Ridge.[2]
Antonakos's work has been included in several important international exhibitions including Documenta 6 in 1977 in Kassel, Germany and he represented Greece at the Venice Biennale in 1997. His art is included in major international collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, all in New York City, The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, NY, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. Among his public commissions were pieces for airports in Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Bari, Italy and two high-profile works in New York City, "Neon for 42nd Street" (since taken down) and the "59th street piece- Neon for the 59th street transfer station" (still standing).[3] His large-scale neon installation, Proscenium (2000), was on view from January 28-June 24, 2018, at the Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase.[4]
Antonakos was a member of the National Academy of Design and received their lifetime achievement award in 2011.[5][6]
Selected exhibitions
- 2020: A Space Full of Drawings and a Drawing in Space, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
- 2017: documenta 14, Kassel, Germany
- 2012: Neon, la materia luminosa dell’arte, MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy
- 2009: In and Out of Amsterdam: art & project, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
- 2007: The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy 1956 – 2006, National Academy Museum and School, NY, USA
- 2005: Drawings, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
- 2002: Adventure of Medias; Sound, Light, and Image, Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2002: Probation Area: Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, Land Art: The Marzona Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
- 2001: Im Spiegel der Freiheit: Giannis Tsarouchis, Stephen Antonakos, George Hadjimichalis, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main, Curator: Hellmut Seemann
- 2000: (e così via) (and so on): 99 Artist from the Marzona Collection: arte povera, minimal art, land art, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
- 1999: Antonakos: „Welcome“ and „Chapel for P.S. 1“, MoMA PS1, New York City
- 1997: Chapel of the Heavenly Ladder, 47th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- 1989: ARTEC, 1st International Biennale, Nagoya, Japan
- 1987: Mathematik in der Kunst der Letzten Dreissig Jahre, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Curator: Bernhard Holedzek
- 1977: documenta 6, Kassel, Curator: Manfred Schneckenburger
- 1975: USA Zeichnungen 3, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Curator: Rolf Wedewer und Rolf Ricke
- 1975: Eight Artists, Eight Attitudes, Eight Greeks, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
- 1973: Works in Spaces, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 1973: American Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, Curator: Elke M. Solomon
- 1970: Preliminary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
- 1966: Kunst-Light-Kunst, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Curator: Jean Leering
References
- ^ "Artist Stephen Antonakos Passes Away at Age 86 - BWWVisual ArtsWorld". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ "Stephen Antonakos, 1926-2013 - News - News & Opinion - Art in America". Artinamericamagazine.com. 26 April 2005. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ "Stephen Antonakos Sculptor of Neon Dies at 86". The New York Times. September 7, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ "Jason Rosenfeld, Stephen Antonakos, Proscenium | Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2018". brooklynrail.org. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "The Annual: 2013". National Academy Museum.
- ^ "Transcendent and Aspirational: Stephen Antonakos, 1926-2013". artcritical.com.
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