Tim Rollins and K.O.S. - Artists

TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - On the Raft (after Mark Twain), 2011
matte acrylic, book pages on canvas
96 x 72 x 1.5 inches
243.8 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm
LM14598
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Buttons on Their Tails (after Mark Twain), 2011
matte acrylic, book pages on canvas
45 x 54 x 1.5 inches
114.3 x 137.2 x 3.8 cm
LM14601
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn), 2009
watercolor, acrylic and india ink, collage, offset music score on paper on canvas
42 x 48 inches
106.7 x 121.9 cm
collaboration with P.S. 50
LM12478
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
The River - Meander II (after Edward "Duke" Ellington), 2011
indigo ink, xerography, rag paper on panels
16 panels, each: 14 x 11 inches
35.6 x 27.9 cm
LM14693
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
The River - Meander II (after Edward "Duke" Ellington) (detail), 2011
indigo ink, xerography, rag paper on panels
16 panels, each: 14 x 11 inches
35.6 x 27.9 cm
LM14693
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Animal Farm (After George Orwell) - McCain and Palin, 2008
matte acrylic and book pages on canvas
74 x 92 inches
188 x 233.7 cm
LM11981
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.
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
LM11962
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
LM11966
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
LM11964
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
I see the promised land (after the Rev. Dr. M. L. King, Jr.) Triangle, 2008
matte acrylic and book pages on canvas
108 x 72 inches
274.3 x 182.9 cm
LM11959
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Invisible Man (after Ralph Ellison), 2008
matte acrylic and book pages on canvas
24 x 24 inches
61 x 61 cm
LM11968
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
LM11965
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Amerika - Everyone is Welcome! (after Kafka), 2002
acrylic on book pages on canvas (not stretched)
96.25 x 286.625 inches
244.5 x 728 cm
LM11355
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Dracula (after Bram Stoker), 1983
acrylic on book pages mounted on canvas
108 x 144 inches
274.3 x 365.8 cm
LM13334
TIM ROLLINS and K.O.S.
Frankenstein (after Mary Shelley), 1983
acrylic on book pages mounted on canvas
113.75 x 158.25 inches
288.9 x 402 cm
LM13335

Artist Bio

Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Tim Rollins (b. 1955, Pittsfield, Maine) 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). In 1997, the documentary, Kids of Survival: The Art and Life of Tim Rollins & K.O.S. was widely received at the London Film Festival, Cinema de Real, France and the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Since its inception, the group has exhibited extensively worldwide, including Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. (2011); Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy (2011); Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2012), and Hayward Gallery, London (2012). In 2006, Tim Rollins and K.O.S. were included in the Whitney Biennial. A retrospective of the group’s 20-year career opened at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in 2009 and travelled to the Frye Museum in Seattle and the ICA Philadelphia later that year. A fully illustrated hardcover catalogue, co-published by the Tang Museum and MIT Press, accompanied the exhibition. The group’s work is represented in prestigious public and private collections, including the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum of Art, Washington D.C.; Tate Modern, London;, and Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C. Tim Rollins and K.O.S. are based in New York City.