Nek Chand: Tropical Modernism at V&A

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Until 22 September 2024

England & Co have arranged the loan of five sculptures by Nek Chand for the exhibition Tropical Modernism at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Nek Chand Saini (1924-2015) was a self-taught Indian artist who created the Rock Garden of Chandigarh – a vast fantasy kingdom inhabited by a myriad of sculptures of people and animals constructed from recycled materials such as broken crockery. Now hailed as a visionary environment and a much-visited site in India, the Garden was initially built without permission within a city redesigned as a modernist utopia by the Swiss architect, Le Corbusier. England & Co first exhibited works by Nek Chand Saini in 2001 following a memorable visit with him at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh.