Oral history interview with Stephen Antonakos
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 30 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Droll, Donald E.
label: Names
content: Fischbach, Marilyn Cole, 1931-2003
label: Names
content: Lippard, Lucy R.
topic: label: Topic
content: Neon sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stephen Antonakos (1926-) is a sculptor from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 125 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 May 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.antona75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Stephen Antonakos conducted 1975 May 9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Antonakos speaks of his family and educational background; his work as a commercial artist; the influence of Ben Shahn and David Martin; his association with the Allan Stone Gallery, Fischbach Gallery, and John Weber Gallery; and his collages, pillow assemblages and mail art projects. He discusses his neon sculpture, including electrical wiring and timing devices, selection of colors, glass tubing, installation problems and the cost of electricity. He discusses the aesthetic and conceptual development of his work with neon and mail art. He recalls Donald E. Droll, Marilyn Cole Fischbach and Lucy Lippard.