Mark Thek is a physicist who is currently the President of Leach International, an Esterline Corporation company. Mark Thek, who is at work on a book called The Quantification of Human emotion, is the nephew of accomplished American artist Paul Thek. Born in 1933, Paul Thek hails from Brooklyn, New York, where he received his earliest art education from the Art Students League and the Pratt Institute. Thek studied at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and would eventually return to teach classes there as well. Paul Thek started out as a painter but later gained wider recognition as a sculptor and installation artist. He first came to the public eye in 1964 for his series "Technological Reliquaries," wax sculptures that resembled human flesh. By the end of the 60s, Paul Thek traveled to Europe and concentrated on pioneering the creation of environments that infused art, theater, religion, and literature. He was noted for using perishable materials, which added to the ephemeral nature of his work. Today, Paul Thek's work is included in several collections, including New York’s famous Whitney Museum of American Art. Comments are closed.
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