Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History| Event Title: | Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History | | Event Date: | November 25, 2009 [ view all dates and times ] | | Hours: | 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm | | Description: | ICA is pleased to present Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History the first major museum retrospective of work by artist, activist, and teacher Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), a group of artists originally made up of Rollins' students from Intermediate School 52 in the South Bronx. Rollins and his students are known for their large, minimalist works of art on the pages of books cut out and laid in a grid on canvas. Together, they have developed a collaborative strategy that combines lessons in reading and writing with the production of works of art. In a process they call "jammin," Rollins or one of the students reads aloud from the selected text while the other members draw and relate the stories to their own experiences. These drawings are then cut and pasted or enlarged and recreated on the grid.
Rollins and K.O.S. have produced paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture based on literary texts such as Franz Kafka's Amerika, Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and musical scores, including Winterreise by Franz Schubert. The exhibition will include over 20 works created between 1984 and 2000. The Emmy award winning documentary film on Tim Rollins and K.O.S. will screen continuously in the mezzanine.
| | More Information: | http://www.icaphila.org | | Location: | Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art
University of Pennsylvania
118 S. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3289 |
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