Tim Rollins and K.O.S. Exhibition

Lehmann Maupin (536 W 22nd Street)

poster for Tim Rollins and K.O.S. Exhibition

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Tim Rollins and K.O.S. will feature new works that critically investigate "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (after Mark Twain, 1885), "The Great Gatsby" (after F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925), and "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" (after Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, 1930). Tim Rollins and K.O.S. mine the literature and historical information surrounding them for visual motifs that transcend the object and reveal a contemporary message. For their paintings related to "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Tim Rollins and K.O.S. were inspired by the original illustrations Mark Twain commissioned by F.W. Kemble. These works continue a series, which began in 2000, of whitewashed book pages painted over in indigo. In exploration of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, The Great Gatsby, the artists create a study of the color symbolism that permeates the novel. For works based on The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, the artists utilized Kurt Weill’s original operatic score, creating nets of butcher’s twine and gold paint to stretch over the pages, generating a new interpretation of the piece.
[Image: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Asleep on the Raft" (after Mark Twain) (2011) Matte acrylic, book pages on canvas 48 x 60 in.]

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Schedule

from March 24, 2011 to April 30, 2011

Opening Reception on 2011-03-24 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Tim Rollins, K.O.S.

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