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    NEK Chand's Outsider Art: The Rock Garden of Chandigarh

    NEK Chand's Outsider Art: The Rock Garden of Chandigarh


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    • Format: Hardcover
    • 160 pages
    • Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
    • Published: January 2006
    • ISBN-10: 2080305182
    • ISBN-13: 9782080305183

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    For fourteen years, Nek Chand secretly transported thousands of stones by bicycle from the Himalayan foothills to a secluded, government-owned jungle clearing. There he combined them with urban debris--corroded wires, sheet metal, bicycle parts, tubes, tires, multicolored tissue, glass and feathers--to make statuettes. In 1972, authorities stumbled upon his menagerie of elephants, horses, monkeys, birds, and figures and eventually decided to support his project at what is now the second most-visited site in India after the Taj Mahal. Authorative text, an interview, 140 illustrations, and a detailed site map pay homage to this singular fantasy universe. This book is published for the exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum (April 4-September 24, 2006).
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