From the Exhibition: 40 Top Art Events of the Downtown Era: A Timeline, 1974–1992

Fashion Moda, Longwood Arts Gallery, and Bronx River Gallery, Tim Rollins & K.O.S, South Bronx Show, 1986

Color offset, 24″ x 18″. Featuring art by Tim Rollins & K.O.S. and photograph by Michael McKenzie. Poster design by Stephan Neumann.

The annual neighborhood survey “South Bronx Show,” inaugurated at Fashion Moda in 1979, later spilled over into other local venues the Longwood Arts Gallery and Bronx River Gallery.

Tim Rollins began making art with his students at Intermediate School 52 in the early 1980s, naming his youthful collaborators “Kids of Survival,” or K.O.S.

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From the Exhibition: 40 Top Art Events of the Downtown Era: A Timeline, 1974–1992