Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Chandigarh India
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Select Bibliography on Nek Chand, Outsider Art & Chandigarh


Anderson, B. D. (2006). "Concrete Kingdom: Sculptures by Nek Chand." Folk Art 31(1-2): 42-49.
Antoniou, J. (2003). "Chandigarh: Once the Future City." The Architectural Review 1273: 70-75.
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.
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." Casabella 52(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 Journal 55(2): 31-38.
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.
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.
Correa, C. (1964). "The Assembly, Chandigarh." The Architectural Review 135(1).
Ditzen, L. (1991). Nek Chand. Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Drew, J. (1953). "On the Chandigarh Scheme." Marg 6(4): 19-23.
Evenson, N. (1966). Chandigarh. Los Angeles, University of California Press.
Fry, E. M. (1961). "Problems of Chandigarh Architecture." Marg 15(1): 20-21, 25.
Gordon, C. and K. Kilian (1992). ANQ document - Chandigarh: Forty Years After Le Corbusier, Architectura & Natura Press.
Irish, S. (2004). "Intimacy and Monumentality in Chandigarh, North India: Le Corbusier's Capitol Complex and Nek Chand Saini's Rock Gardem." Journal of Asesthetic Education 38.2: 105-115.
Jackson, I. D. (2002). "Politicised Territory: Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh." GBER 2(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.
Jackson, I. D. (2004). Nek Chands Rock Garden.
Jackson, I. D. (2005). Le Royaume De Nek Chand. Raw Vision. 53: 69.
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.
Kumar, K. (2003). My Heart and Soul Lives Here. The Financial World. Chandigarh.
Lespinasse, P. (2005). Le Royaume De Nek Chand. France: 52 minutes.
Maizels, J. (1997). Nek Chand's Rock Garden. Raw Vision Magazine. 35: 23.
Maizels, J. (2001). Nek Chand 25 years of the Rock Garden. Raw Vision Magazine. 35: 22-31.
Malik, A. "Post-Colonial Capitals of South Asia: A Critical Analysis of Chandigarh, Dhaka and Islamabad." GBER 3(1): 68-80.
Malik, B. K. (2004). City planning and realities: A Case Study of Chandigarh. City Futures, University of Illinois, Chicago.
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.
Perera, N. (2004). "Contesting visions: hybridity, liminality and the authorship of the Chandigarh plan." Planning Perspectives 19: 175-199.
Prakash, V. (2002). Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: The struggle for Modernity in postcolonial India, Seattle: University of Washington Press.
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: 4-9.
Rajer, A. (2001). Rock Around the Rock Garden in Chandigarh. The Folk Art Messenger. 14: 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 Journal: 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.
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,.
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." Smithsonian 15: 126-35.
Schmetzer, P. I. W. (1974). "Chandigarh Twenty years later." Architectural Design 44.
Sharma, M. N. (2001). Nek Chand: an early encounter. Raw Vision. 35: 28.
Takhar, J. (1999). Celebrating Chandigarh. Ahmedabad, Maplin.
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.
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 Thoughtlines 6 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.