Greek American artist Stephan Antonakos is world-renowned for his work with neon. Since  the 1960s, Antonakos has lent the medium new perceptual and formal meanings. His use of spare, complete and incomplete geometric neon forms has ranged from direct 3-D indoor installations to painted canvases, walls, and back-lit panels with painted or gold surfaces. Always conceived in relation to its site—its scale, proportions, and character—and to the space that it shares with the viewer, Antonakos calls his art, “real things in real spaces,” intending it to be seen without reference to anything outside the immediate visual and kinetic experience.