Stephen Antonanos
08 Mar - 20 Apr 2013
Four Directions
Stephen Antonanos
08 March - 20 April 2013
Konrad Fischer Galerie Berlin is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition by Stephen Antonanos (*1926, Agios Nikolaos, Greece). The show includes new works in gold and marble, shown here for the first time anywhere.
Since the early 1960s Antonakos' geometric forms in neon have been exhibited in his Canvases, Panels, Walls, Rooms, and outdoor Public Installations. Throughout, the interaction of light and space has been central. A formalist, but not a didactic one, he calls his work "real things in real spaces".
For our exhibition we will reconstruct a classic neon Wall from 1977. "Fragments of a Circle" is 3 x 5 m and exemplifies how the work's engagement with the proportions of the room is as crucial as the internal relations of its elements. This is visible also in the exhibition's second and third "directions." Begun in 2011, framed works of gold leaf on Mylar and Tyvek – whether cut or crumpled – may be seen as further rich explorations of reflected light within a determined space. No less than the two brand-new gold leaf "Volumes“, these radiant planes are not images, but objects.
Another, even newer material for Antonakos is the white marble of "Interlock 1". Deeply incised with incomplete circles and squares that hold light and shadow, this work sits on the floor and leans on the wall, manifesting both the consistency of the artist's concerns and their great visual and material variety.
Antonakos' work has been exhibited internationally for five decades in over 250 group shows and 100 solo shows, including a major retrospective in Greece and the U.S. in 2007-8. More than 50 of his large scale public works have been installed in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
Stephen Antonanos
08 March - 20 April 2013
Konrad Fischer Galerie Berlin is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition by Stephen Antonanos (*1926, Agios Nikolaos, Greece). The show includes new works in gold and marble, shown here for the first time anywhere.
Since the early 1960s Antonakos' geometric forms in neon have been exhibited in his Canvases, Panels, Walls, Rooms, and outdoor Public Installations. Throughout, the interaction of light and space has been central. A formalist, but not a didactic one, he calls his work "real things in real spaces".
For our exhibition we will reconstruct a classic neon Wall from 1977. "Fragments of a Circle" is 3 x 5 m and exemplifies how the work's engagement with the proportions of the room is as crucial as the internal relations of its elements. This is visible also in the exhibition's second and third "directions." Begun in 2011, framed works of gold leaf on Mylar and Tyvek – whether cut or crumpled – may be seen as further rich explorations of reflected light within a determined space. No less than the two brand-new gold leaf "Volumes“, these radiant planes are not images, but objects.
Another, even newer material for Antonakos is the white marble of "Interlock 1". Deeply incised with incomplete circles and squares that hold light and shadow, this work sits on the floor and leans on the wall, manifesting both the consistency of the artist's concerns and their great visual and material variety.
Antonakos' work has been exhibited internationally for five decades in over 250 group shows and 100 solo shows, including a major retrospective in Greece and the U.S. in 2007-8. More than 50 of his large scale public works have been installed in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.