Matthew Higgs Curates 'Outside' in Deconsecrated Maine Church

Matthew Higgs has curated 'Outside,' a significant group exhibition located in a former church in Thomaston, Maine. This event serves as a follow-up to his 2016 show of the same name at Karma's Amagansett, Long Island venue. Featuring nearly seventy artists, this exhibition revisits its original concept within a fresh context. Higgs characterizes the 'outside' as both a tangible location and a mental condition, alluding to the fluid nature of 'outsider' art. The exhibition exists in a transitional realm between what can be measured and the mysterious. The participating artists, from various generations and educational backgrounds, do not adhere to a singular ideology. Higgs likens the exhibition's concept to Martin Kippenberger's 'psychobuildings,' referring to it as 'psychogeographies.'