Untitled Drawing M#2 - 93 1993

This "Untitled Drawing M#2 - 93" by Stephen Antonakos, well, it's like a neon sign in disguise, made with humble materials. Imagine Antonakos, maybe in his studio, filling the page with these tiny, insistent strokes of vibrant orange. It’s almost feverish, this energy, like he's trying to capture light itself. And then, bam, this bold, black cross cuts through it all. What I love is the tension between the handmade and the geometric. It makes me wonder, was he thinking about minimalist sculpture? Or maybe even the history of religious symbols? I bet he was thinking about how to make something solid out of something intangible like light and energy. Artists are magpies, after all, picking up shiny bits of the world and turning them into something new. Antonakos's orange buzzes, crackles, almost dares you to look away, but you can’t.