“(Nek) Chand’s private vision engaged India’s collective spirit. Here, what has been called “outsider” art proves more culturally affirmative than the aesthetic of high modernism officially endorsed and imposed as the architectural vision for the region.”
(Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self-Taught and Outsider Artists - Charles Russell - ISBN 978-3791344904)
Nek Chand Foundation website - nekchand.com
Cover image - Nek Chand. Sculptures in the Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Reading List
Nek Chand's Outsider Art: The Rock Garden of Chandigarh. Lucienne Perry (Author), John Maizels (Author), Philippe Lespinasse (Photographer) - ISBN 978-2080305183
The Ruin, the Collection and the Theatre: archtiecture, sculpture and landscape of Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Chandigarh. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay and Iain Jackson. ISBN 978-1846311208
Papers
The Rock Garden: A Study of Memory, Place-Making, and Community in Chandigarh, India. Tracy Ann Buck Bonfitto. UCLA 2017
Articles
The Vulnerability of Outsider Architecture. Roger Cardinal. Southern Quarterly, Fall 2000
Also check out the Bibliography on the Nek Chand Foundation's website - https://nekchand.com/select-bibliography-nek-chand-outsider-art-chandigarh
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