A 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book The incredible story of the world's largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, kept secret by outsider artist Nek Chand for fifteen years. After the partition of India in 1947, Nek Chand Saini settled in the city of Chandigarh, with nothing but stories brought from his homeland. Dismayed at his stark new surroundings, Nek began collecting river rocks, broken glass, and cracked water pots found on the roadside. He cleared a section of jungle and for seven years he stockpiled odds and ends. They were castoffs and rubbish to everyone else, but to Nek, they were treasures. He began to build a labyrinth of curving paths, mosaics, and repeating patterns: his very own tribute to the winding village of his youth, a hidden land of stories. Nek kept his kingdom secret for fifteen years, until a government crew stumbled upon it and sought to destroy it. But local fans agreed in awe: the Rock Garden had to be protected. Author Barb Rosenstock introduces readers to the outsider artist's stunning creation, while Claire A. Nivola's illustrations bring to life the land's natural beauty and the surreal world Nek coaxed from his wild landscape.
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pictures by Kirsten (Flickr) not available anymore Roland Dutel is an autodidact artist, who belongs to the French group of artistes singuliers. The rather loose description art singulier is used in France for artists who in general are self-taught, are non-mainstream and practice a spontaneous, non-intellectual way of expression. The term has it's origin in the famous 1978 Paris exhibition Les singuliers de l'art: des inspirés aux habitants paysagistes. In Anglo-Saxon terminology one would use the term outsider art. Life and works Born in 1955 in the community of Andrézieux in the Loire department, Roland Dutel currently lives and works in the south of France, in the center of the small community of Dieulefit. He makes paintings and sculptural works by re-using all kind of materials, like paper, iron and plastics. From 1989 on Dutel has transformed his house into an art environment by decorating its exterior and turning the cellars in the interior into kind of decorated grottos. The decoration of the facade is very lively and expressive, with some representations of figures in it. In a very general way this work is in the same range as the work of Danielle Jacqui, who decorated exterior and interior of her house in Pont de l'Étoile. Both Dutel and Jacqui adhere to art singulier. Documentation * Article (2010) by Jeanine Rivais, on her website * In her weblog Sophie Lepetit in March 2014 had some posts about Dutel: - the exterior of the house, - its interior - and his visual artworks * Article (November 2019) by Dominique Clément on his weblog Hérault Insolite, with a variety of pictures Video * Video by Lucjeanluc (YouTube, 2'29", uploaded July 2010) first published February 2010, last revised October 2022 Roland Dutel La demeure aux figures Place des Tilleuls 262220 Dieulefit, dept Drome, region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France as far as I know the house can not be visited anymore as kind of an art gallery, so visits -if any- only on appointment
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I apprenticed as a painter with Gage Taylor for 4 years and we collaborated professionally on canvas for many years under the signature Taylor Dana. He exhibited nationally in the Smithsonian, The Whitney Museum in New York, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, The Haggin Museum in Sacramento, The Huntsville Museum, and the Oakland Museum.
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