Label
Stephen Antonakos
Untitled, 1988
34.5” x 77” x 9”
Wood, silver-foil, neon filled clear glass tubing, argon mercury filed blue glass tubing, transformer
Gift of Dani & Jack Sonnenblick on behalf of Pamela & Robert Sonnenblick, donated in 2006
Gestural and geometric lines and shapes fill and escape a rectangular form, covered in silverleaf. The silver-leaf shimmers and reflects back the colors which collide and combine in this simple yet balanced composition. A combination of layered warm and cool colors demonstrates how the same glass tube can shift in color depending on the light around it.
Stephen Antonakos is a Greek American sculptor most known for his abstract neon sculptures. He exhibited his work at Documenta 6 in 1977, 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, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, and the Museum of Neon Art.