Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Biography

Tim Rollins studied fine art at the University of Maine and earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. After graduate studies in art education and philosophy at New York University, Rollins began teaching art for special education middle school students in a South Bronx public school. In 1984, he launched the "Art and Knowledge Workshop" in the Bronx together with a group of at-risk students who called themselves K.O.S. (Kids of Survival). The group has exhibited extensively worldwide and their work is represented in prestigious public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum of Art, and the Tate Gallery London. A survey of the groups work will open at The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College opening in February 2009. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated hardcover catalogue, co-published by the Tang Museum and MIT Press.
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Gallery Exhibitions

• Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - October 23, 2008 - February 7, 2009
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Booth F14 - December 4 - 7, 2008
• You & Me, Sometimes..., Curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez/TRANS - March 20 - May 3, 2008

Museum Exhibitions

• Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - October 23, 2008 - February 7, 2009
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Booth F14 - December 4 - 7, 2008
• You & Me, Sometimes..., Curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez/TRANS - March 20 - May 3, 2008

Press

• Time Out New York Download PDF ()
• ArtInfo Download PDF ()

Selected Works

TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Animal Farm (After George Orwell) - McCain and Palin, 2008 tbc - canvas 74 x 92 inches 188 x 233.7 cm LM11981


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. I see the promised land (after the Rev. Dr. M. L. King, Jr.), 2008 watercolor and pencil on book page 7.5 x 6.5 inches 19.1 x 16.5 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Invisible man, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Letter from Birmingham Jail #2 (after the Rev. Dr. M. L. King, Jr.), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 70 x 90 inches 177.8 x 228.6 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm LM11963


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Where Do We Go From Here, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 96 inches 182.9 x 243.8 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X), 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Suffering and Faith, 2008 matte acrylic and book pages on canvas 72 x 72 inches 182.9 x 182.9 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Slave Girl, 2008 satin ribbons, fabric paint and book pages on canvas painting: 84 x 108 inches 213.4 x 274.3 cm overall dimensions: 174 x 108 inches 442 x 274.3 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Metamorphosen (After Richard Strauss), 2008 india ink on music score pages on canvas 48 x 120 inches 121.9 x 304.8 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. Harlem (2) (after the Langston Hughes), 2007 tempera, watercolor, abaca paper, collage, xerograph on rag paper 6 x 4.5 inches 15.2 x 11.4 cm


TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S. A Midsummer Night's Dream (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn), 2008 watercolor, acrylic and india ink, abaca and mulberry paper, collage, mustard seed, offset music score on paper on canvas 60 x 156 inches 152.4 x 396.24 cm In collaboration with neighborhood youth from the Henry Street Settlement House

Installation Stills

Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street


Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th Street