By Any Means Necessary

Created in collaboration between Tim Rollins and his youth art collective K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), this powerful screenprint layers bold visual imagery directly onto repurposed book pages, merging text and image into a charged political statement. The work's title, borrowed from Malcolm X's iconic declaration, speaks to themes of resistance, empowerment, and the transformative potential of art as a tool for social change. The choice of book pages as a substrate reinforces the collective's signature practice of using literature as both material and conceptual foundation.