Cathy's Art Diary

Nice display at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester of some of the mosaic sculptures of Nek Chand. I first came across Nek Chand at an exhibition about him at the Hayward Gallery about a year ago. He is an Indian artist and the creator of the Rock Garden of Chandigarh. The figures were beautifully displayed in the café garden at Pallant House and it was great to see them outside where they are meant to be seen. I loved the line of geese and also of bent figures with baskets on their backs.  

Really interesting discovery at the Hayward Gallery of work by Nek Chand. It consisted of lovely mosaiced figures and a film about the rock garden he is building in Chandigorh, India. The garden is to be full of these figures made by a group of workmen he has trained, many of whom now live in the garden.   It felt like a mix of Gaudi and the terracotta warriors! It was part of a series of exhibitions by The Museum of Everything which is a British charity for international, untrained, unclassified artists. The whole thing was very peaceful and personable.