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Tim Rollins and K.O.S. , (1955–Dec 22, 2017)

A Journal of the Plague Year

1988
20 x 15 in. (51 x 38 cm)

Medium and Support: Mixed media on canvas [Collage and mixed media on canvas]

Credit Line: Gift of Robert and Evelyn Doran

Accession Number: 2017.15

Commentary

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).

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This object was included in the following exhibitions:

To Make Visible: Art and Activism, 1980–2000 Addison Gallery of American Art , 10/16/2020 - 1/3/2021

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