Higgs’ work – which invariably takes the form of framed book pages, framed exhibition catalog covers and photographs of books – might productively be thought of as ‘found conceptual art’.

For more than 12 years Higgs has worked within these self-consciously defined – but almost infinite – parameters. Rooted in countless hours spent in second-hand bookshops Higgs’ re-contextualization of existing printed matter seeks to consider questions of authorship, uniqueness, labor (or lack thereof), vandalism, linguistics, typography, design (and its relationship with late-modernist abstraction), amongst other things.

Often making direct reference to the condition – and reception – of art Higgs’ ongoing project formally acknowledges the presence and role of the viewer, while simultaneously addressing the physical reality of the art object.