• ‘What they threw away, I used’: the story behind Nek Chand’s 25-acre outsider art masterpiece

    ‘What they threw away, I used’: the story behind Nek Chand’s 25-acre outsider art masterpiece
    This forest of intricately decorated statues was begun in secret by a man who never considered himself an artist but built what became India’s most visited tourist site after the Taj Mahal, the Rock Garden of ChandigarhA forest of curious cement statues stands on the edge of the city of Chandigarh in northern India, their bodies dressed in colourful costumes made from beads and broken glass bangles. There are figures of women carrying baskets on their heads, alongside dancers and athletes,

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