American sculptor (1926–2013)
The Room by Stephen Antonakos, 1974 Stephen Antonakos (Greek : Στυλιανός Αντωνάκος ; November 1, 1926 in Agios Nikolaos , Laconia , Greece – August 17, 2013 in New York City )[ 1] 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] 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, Germany2017: 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, Japan2002: 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, Italy1999: 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
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