“(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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