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Shelter’s presentation of outsider artist Charles Simmons’s carved-stone sculptures was revelatory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

“Calling me an outsider artist … yes, I think it’s apt,” he told the Guardian in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

Rowe was not your customary outsider artist, an isolated genius who often became known for one style or motif reproduced with consummate control.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Ed, I think, is at a point in his life where he needs to see somebody who’s a bit of an outsider artist who has a fresh take on piracy.

From The Verge • Apr. 15, 2022

And in his later years, he adopted the mantle of an outsider artist, infiltrating and upending the stuffiness of the art world as well.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2021