Stephen Antonakos — Abstract sculptor
Stephen Antonakos (November 1, 1926 in Agios Nikolaos, Laconia, Greece — August 17, 2013, New York City) was a Greek born American
most well known for his abstract sculptures often incorporating neon.
“Antonakos’s work with neon since 1960 has lent the medium new perceptual and formal meanings. His use of spare, complete and incomplete geometric forms has ranged from direct 3-dimensional interior installations to painted canvases, Walls, the well-known back-lit Panels with painted or gold-leafed surfaces, and the Rooms and Chapels. Throughout, he has conceived work in relation to its site — its scale, proportions, and character — and to the space that it shares with the viewer. He calls his art, “real things in real spaces,” intending it to be seen without reference to anything outside the immediate visual and kinetic experience.“
