Special Information for the Artist
Antonakos is a self-taught artist. Within the framewok of art`s relation to modern reality and το the “new realism” pop art, he uses everyday materials and objets-trouves which he combines and assembles in contructs or at the same time he produces collage or sewlages. Starting in 1960 he enters more decisively in the area of neon exploitation. In his first works, we discern his obvious intention to cancel the associations to the realistic and vulgar character established by the use of neon in the modern environment, via the adoption of a strictly abstractive and minimalistic method of writing.
He has presented his work individually:
• Avant Garde, N. York 1958
• Byron, N. York 1964
• Fishhock, N. York 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
• Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston 1971
• State University of New York, Almpani 1973
• Marilena Bonomo, Bari Italy 1975
• Wright State University Art Gallery, Dayton Ohio 1975
• Bonnier, Geneva 1976
• Aronowitsch, Stockholm 1977
• Bernier 1977, 1983
• Tanit, Munich 1978, 1980
• Young Hoffman, Chicago 1978
• Nancy Gillespie/Elisabeth de Laage, Paris 1979
• Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts Roslyn, N. York 1982
• Bonnier, N. York 1983
• La jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California 1984
• Ileana Toynta 1988, 1992
• Kouros of N. York 1989
• Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Geneva 1990
• MMST, Thessalonica 1993
• New Fortress, Corfu 1995
• Werner H. Kramarsky, N. York 1995
• The Art Institute of Boston, Boston 1996
He took part in group exhibitions.
