Select Bibliography on Nek Chand, Outsider Art & Chandigarh

Prepared by Iain Jackson. Links from here take you either to articles themselves or online shops where you can buy the book or magazine.

CHANDIGARH

  • Antoniou, J. (2003). “Chandigarh: Once the Future City.” The Architectural Review1273: 70-75.
  • CCA (2002). Chandigarh: Aesthetic legislation, documentation of urban controls in Chandigarh (1951-2001), Chandigarh College of Architecture.
  • Chandigarh-Administration (2003). Chandigarh [1954-2003] Souvenir Booklet. Chandigarh, Chandigarh Administration.
  • Correa, C. (1964). “The Assembly, Chandigarh.” The Architectural Review135(1).
  • Drew, J. (1953). “On the Chandigarh Scheme.” Marg6(4): 19-23.
  • Evenson, N. (1966). Chandigarh. Los Angeles, University of California Press.
  • Fry, E. M. (1961). “Problems of Chandigarh Architecture.” Marg15(1): 20-21, 25.
  • Gordon, C. and K. Kilian (1992). ANQ document – Chandigarh: Forty Years After Le Corbusier, Architectura & Natura Press.
  • Joshi, K. (1999). Documenting Chandigarh. Ahmedabad, Mapin.
  • Joshi, K., Ed. (2005). Corbusier’s Concrete challenges of conserving modern heritage. Chandigarh, Chandigarh Perspectives.
  • Kalia (1987). Chandigarh: The making of an Indian City., Oxford India.
  • Kalia, R. (1987). Chandigarh in search of an identity, Carbondale:university of Southern Illinois Press.
  • Krishan, G. (1999). Inner Spaces – Outer Spaces of a planned city. Chandigarh, Chandigarh Perspectives.
  • Malik, A. “Post-Colonial Capitals of South Asia: A Critical Analysis of Chandigarh, Dhaka and Islamabad.” GBER3(1): 68-80.
  • Malik, B. K. (2004). City planning and realities: A Case Study of Chandigarh. City Futures, University of Illinois, Chicago.
  • Perera, N. (2004). “Contesting visions: hybridity, liminality and the authorship of the Chandigarh plan.” Planning Perspectives19: 175-199.
  • Prakash, V. (2002). Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh: The struggle for Modernity in postcolonial India, Seattle: University of Washington Press.
  • Sarin, M. (1975). Planning and the Urban Poor: The Chandigarh experience 1951-1975, University College London.
  • Sarin, M. (1982). Urban planning in the Third World : the Chandigarh experience. London, Mansell,.
  • Schmetzer, P. I. W. (1974). “Chandigarh Twenty years later.” Architectural Design44.
  • Takhar, J. (1999). Celebrating Chandigarh. Ahmedabad, Maplin.


NEK CHAND

  • Anderson, B. D. (2006). “Concrete Kingdom: Sculptures by Nek Chand.” Folk Art31(1-2): 42-49.
  • Aulakh, M. S. (1986). The Rock Garden: A panorama of the life-work of Padam Shri Nek Chand. Ludhiana, Tagore Publishers.
  • Bandyopadhyay, S. and I. Jackson (2007). The Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre: architecture, sculpture and landscape in Nek Chand’s Rock Garden, Chandigarh. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press.
  • Beier, U. and P. Cox (1980). The Kingdom of Nek Chand [FILM for R.M.I.T, Australia]. Australia.YouTube clip
  • Bhatti, S. S. (1982). Rock Garden in Chandigarh: a critical evaluation of the work of Nek Chand. Queensland, The University of Queensland.
  • Bhatti, S. S. (1988). “Rock Garden Di Nek Chand.” Casabella52(550): 21.
  • Bhatti, S. S. (1989). The Rock Garden of Chandigarh. Raw Vision Magazine. 1: 22-31.
  • Bhatti, S. S. (1990). “Rock Garden, Chandigarh.” Indian Institute of Architects Journal55(2): 31-38.
  • Bhatti, S. S. et al (). Nek Chand Shows the Way. Waterman’s, London.
  • Chandigarh Newsline(20 July 1996). “Art Damaged in Rock Garden.”
  • Chandigarh Newsline. Chandigarh: no pagination.
  • Chauhan, U. (03/09/1994). “Rock Garden – the old and the new.” The Tribune. Chandigarh: 19.
  • CITCO Rock Garden. Chandigarh, Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corp Ltd.: no pagination.
  • Ditzen, L. (1991). Nek Chand. Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
  • Irish, S. (2004). “Intimacy and Monumentality in Chandigarh, North India: Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex and Nek Chand Saini’s Rock Garden.” Journal of Asesthetic Education38.2: 105-115.
  • Jackson, I. D. (2002). “Politicised Territory: Nek Chand’s Rock Garden in Chandigarh.” GBER2(2): 51-68.
  • Jackson, I. D. (2003). “Politicised Territory: Nek Chand’s Rock Garden in Chandigarh”. Picturing South Asian Culture in English. T. Shakur and K. D’Souza. Liverpool, Open House Press. Amazon link
  • Jackson, I. D. (2004). Nek Chand’s Rock Garden.
  • Jackson, I. D. (2005). “Le Royaume De Nek Chand.” Raw Vision. 53: 69.
  • Kumar, K. (2003). My Heart and Soul Lives Here. The Financial World. Chandigarh.
  • Lespinasse, P. (2005). Le Royaume De Nek Chand. France: 52 minutes.
  • Magnier, Mark (2011). “In India, a secret garden that rocks” L.A.TimesDecember 6, 2011.
  • Mahoney, Robert (1988). “Hoard of Trash Becomes Works of Art : Indian Elevates Garbage to Sculpture” L. A. TimesJan 31, 1988.
  • Maizels, J. (1997). “25 Years of Nek Chand’s Rock Garden.” Raw Vision Magazine. 35: 23.
  • Morris, R. (2000). “Nek Chand at Kohler conference and exhibition.” Raw Vision. 31: 20.
  • Negi, A. S. (2001). “Nek Chand’s Bicycle.” Raw Vision Magazine. 35: 29.
  • Peiry, L. and P. Lespinasse (2005). Nek Chand’s Outsider Art: The Rock Garden of Chandigarh, Flammarion. Amazon.com link
  • Prashar, A. S. (2003). Nek Chand may bag another award. The Chandigah Tribune. Chandigarh.
  • Rajer, A. (2000). Nek Chand’s Story. The Folk Art Messenger. 13:1, 4-9.
  • Rajer, A. (2001). Rock Around the Rock Garden in Chandigarh. The Folk Art Messenger. 14:2, 23-25.
  • Rajer, A. (2005). “Another Nek Chand Garden – in South India.” Raw Vision. 53: 10.
  • Raw Vision (1997). Nek Chand News. Raw Vision.
  • Raw Vision (2000). “Nek Chand additions to Kohler Arts Centre.” Raw Vision. 29: 14.
  • Raw Vision (2006). “Nek Chand Retrospective.” Raw Vision. 54: 8.
  • Rawinsky, G. (2003). “A Fantasy Land, or the soul of the city? The Nek Chand Rock Garden, Chandigarh, India.” The Follies JournalNumber 3 Winter 2003: 43-52.
  • Reeve, P. (1994). “A visit with the Master: The Creative Genius of Nek Chand.” Raw Vision Magazine. 9: 34-42.
  • Russell, C. (2006). “Concrete Kingdom: Sculptures by Nek Chand.” Raw Vision. 55: 65.
  • Saxena, M. (1995/11/18). Mela culture at Rock Garden. The Tribune. Chandigarh: 19.
  • Schiff, B. (1984). “A fantasy garden by Nek Chand flourishes in India.” Smithsonian15: 126-35.
  • Sharma, M. N. (2001). “Nek Chand: an early encounter.” Raw Vision. 35: 28.
  • The-Tribune (March 29 1992). Spurious Cement stalls work at Rock Garden. The Tribune. Chandigarh: 12.
  • Umberger, L. (2000). Nek Chand: Healing Properties, Michael Kohler Arts Center.Amazon.com link
  • Vale, L. J. (1992). Architecture, Power and National Identity, Yale University.


OUTSIDER ART

  • Berge, J. T. (1999). Masters of the Margin. Zwolle, De Stadshof museum for naive art and outsider art.
  • Cardinal, R. (1972). Outsider Art. London, Studio Vista.
  • Eliel, C. E. and B. Freeman (1992). Contemporary Artists and Outsider Art. Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art. M. Tuchman and C. E. Eliel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
  • Maizels, J. (2000). Raw Creation: outsider art and beyond, Phaidon Press.
  • Maizels, J. (2003). “Creator of a Magical World.” Vernacular Visionaries, International outsider art. A. Carlano, Yale University Press.
  • Moran, L. (2002). “Outsider Art: Inside or Out?” NCAD Thoughtlines6 6: 126-132.
  • Rexer, L. (2005). How to look at outsider art. New York, Harry N. Abrams.
  • Rhodes, C. (2000). Outsider Art Spontaneous Alternatives. London, Thames & Hudson.
  • Tuchman, M. and C. E. Eliel, Eds. (1992). Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
  • Zolberg, V. L. and J. M. Cherbo, Eds. (1997). Outsider Art: Contesting Boundaries in Contemporary Culture, Cambridge University Press.
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