{"id":9262,"date":"2018-04-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9262"},"modified":"2018-04-16T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:17:30","slug":"o-outside-in-with-self-taught-sculptor-hidden-treasures-by-jennifer-bradbury-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9262","title":{"rendered":"O = Outside In with self-taught sculptor, hidden treasures, by Jennifer Bradbury (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookSecret sculpture garden
\nfilled with Ramayana<\/em><\/a> stories,
\nart threatened by destruction!<\/p>\n

Ram lives by his wits and quick feet, as many orphans do in cities and towns of India. <\/p>\n

Discovering an immense garden of sculptures hidden in the forest leads him to work and food and thrilling tales from the Ramayana<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But will his repeated journeys into another sector of the city lead the authorities to this art paradise on ‘unused land’?<\/p>\n

This fictionalized account of the amazing Rock Garden created from cast-off materials by self-taught artist Nek Chand<\/a> over 20 years was inspired by the author’s time in Chandigarh, India.<\/p>\n

What’s your favorite “people’s art” installation?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Outside In \/ Jennifer Bradbury. Caitlyn Dlouhy Books\/Atheneum BFYR, 2017. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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