Stephen Antonakos
Stephen Antonakos (born November 1, 1926 in Agios Nikolaos , Laconia , † August 17, 2013 in New York City ) was a Greek - American light artist .
life and work
Stephen Antonakos was born in a small village in southern Greece. His family moved to New York City in 1930 and Stephen Antonakos grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn , he served as a soldier in the Philippines from 1945 to 1947 . He attended the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Brooklyn and worked as an illustrator . In the evenings he was active as an artist and in 1960 he created the first known abstract works with neon light .
Over 50 works in public space were realized in Athens, Bari, Dijon, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, New York, Odessa, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Seattle.
In his second marriage, Antonakos was married to the author Naomi Spector.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2017: documenta 14 , Kassel (posthumous)
- 2005: Drawings , Neue Nationalgalerie , Berlin
- 2002: Probation Area: Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, Land Art: The Marzona Collection , Hamburger Bahnhof , Berlin
- 2001: In the mirror of freedom: Giannis Tsarouchis , Stephen Antonakos, George Hadjimichalis , Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main, curator : Hellmut Seemann
- 1999: Antonakos: "Welcome" and "Chapel for PS 1" , MoMA PS1 , New York City
- 1997: Chapel of the Heavenly Ladder , Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1987: Mathematics in the Art of the Last Thirty Years , Wilhelm Hack Museum , Ludwigshafen am Rhein, curator: Bernhard Holedzek
- 1977: documenta 6 , Kassel, curator: Manfred Schneckenburger
- 1975: USA drawings 3 , Morsbroich Castle , Leverkusen, curators: Rolf Wedewer and Rolf Ricke
- 1973: American Drawings , Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City, curator: Elke M. Solomon
- 1966: Kunst-Light-Kunst , Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven, curator: Jean Leering
Awards
- 2004: Elected full member ( NA ) of the National Academy Museum and School , New York
- 2011: Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Academy Museum and School and the Greek American Foundation .
Individual evidence
- ↑ East Hampton Star: Stephen Antonakos accessed on June 5, 2015 (English) ( Memento of November 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ New York Times, Margalit Fox Stephen Antonakos, Sculptor of Neon, Dies at 86, accessed June 5, 2015
- ↑ The Brooklyn Rail Stephen Antonakos in Conversation with Phong Bui, accessed on June 5, 2015.
- ↑ Artist Stephen Antonakos Passes Away at Age 86 , accessed on June 5, 2015 (English).
- ^ Catalog for documenta 6th volume 1, p. 152: Painting, sculpture, performance 1977, ISBN 3-920453-00-X .
- ↑ exhibitionlist Stephen Antonakos accessed on June 5, 2015 (English)
- ^ Nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "A" / Antonakos, Stephen, NA 2004 ( Memento of November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed June 13, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antonakos, Stephen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek-American light artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agios Nikolaos , Laconia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 2013 |
| Place of death | New York City |