Paul Thek (1933-1988, Brooklyn, NY) Paul Thek was an American painter and sculptor. He came in to recognition in the 1960s when he was making ‘Technological Reliquaries’, works which included wax work replicas of human body parts, bones and tissue. In 1967 he exhibited his first ‘environment’ entitled The Tomb, which brought him great fame and for which he is credited as one of the first artists to make installation. Later in his career Thek produced numerous small ‘bad paintings’ from his Third Street Studio. In 1987 Thek was diagnosed with AIDS and died aged 55 in 1988.
Alessandro Raho, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, André Niebur, Ashley Bickerton, Barry McGee, Brendan Cass, Cullinan Richards, Dan Rees, David Musgrave, Dietmar Lutz, DJ Simpson, Fabienne Audéoud, Gavin Wade, George Best, George Condo, Hayley Tompkins, Imran Qureshi, Joe Bradley, John Russell, Josh Smith, Laure Prouvost, Mark Handforth, Markus Vater, Nicolas Party, Paul Newman, Paul Thek, RH Quaytman, Richard Tuttle, Richard Woods, Rob Pruitt, Rupert Norfolk, Simon Bill, Sophie von Hellermann, Tamuna Sirbiladze, William Pope.L, Zheng Guogu
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