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Nek Chand's outsider art : the rock garden of Chandigarh / Lucienne Peiry, John Maizels, and Phillipe Lespinasse.
Fine Arts Library NB1010.C42 A4 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peiry, Lucienne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chand, Nek--Exhibitions.
- Chand, Nek.
- Exhibitions.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : color illustrations, map, portrait ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Outsider art
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Flammarion, 2006.
- Summary:
- 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).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 2080305182
- OCLC:
- 62226336
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