Rollins' ardent viewpoint centered on unlocking the creative potential from within each of us. Taking inspiration from classic works of literature—Franz Kafka’s Amerika being a touchstone piece—the collaborative, allegorical, mural-inspired paintings, exhibited under "Tim Rollins and The K.O.S.," brought him arts fame in the 1980s and the work anticipated a burgeoning interest in arts and social activism.

A profound loss for the SVA community, at the time of his death, Rollins was still an SVA faculty member in the BFA Fine Arts and MFA Art Practice Departments and on the School of Visual Arts Alumni Society board, which raises scholarship funds for ambitious students who are not unlike the determined one Rollins was when he first walked through the doors of SVA in the mid-1970s.

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