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Omnibus: The Art of Survival: Tim Rollins and KOS

BBC One
on BBC One London

In tonight's programme, Omnibus documents the remarkable rise to fame and fortune in the international art market in New York of Tim Rollins and KOS. It is an extraordinary story because the Kids of Survival, as they call themselves, were a group of mainly Hispanic teenagers at the South Bronx Junior High School, officially classified as learning disabled. With their work featured at the Venice Biennale and purchased by Charles Saatchi, the group are an undoubted success.
But how long will it last and what does their story tell us about the role and value of art in the 1980s?

Contributors

Subject:
Tim Rollins
Film Cameraman:
Colin Waldeck
Film Editor:
David Hope
Producer:
Franco Rosso
Omnibus Editor:
Andrew Snell
Source: Radio Times

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