{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3293"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"Copyright for this work is under review."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of the National Children's Museum, Washington, D.C., from the Capital Children's Museum Nek Chand Fantasy Garden, in honor of Gerard C. Wertkin, director of the American Folk Art Museum, 1991 to 2004"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1989"},"labelText":{"label":"Label Text","value":"Nek Chand began to construct the fantasy environment now known as Rock Garden in 1958, while working as a road inspector in the city of Chandigarh, India. Inspired by the poured-concrete techniques of architect Le Corbusier, who designed the city of Chandigarh, Chand worked in secret in forested public land at the edge of the city. By the early 1970s he had populated the landscape with thousands of figures constructed of concrete and embellished with found materials, including rocks, tile, glass, broken glass and plastic bangles, and paint. When it was discovered, government officials intent on destroying the sculptural environment were thwarted by the activism of local citizens. Today, the 25-acre garden is the second-most visited site in India. These figures are similar to those in Chand\u2019s Rock Garden but were specifically commissioned by National Children\u2019s Museum for use in an outdoor  park in Washington, D.C. The so-called bangle figures are entirely encrusted with arcs and small pieces of colorful plastic from arm bracelets, sometimes with gold-colored decoration."},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2004    25   27"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2004.25.27"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Concrete over metal armature with mixed media"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Chandīgarh"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2935/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"2935"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2936/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"2936"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Duck"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Chandīgarh"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Created for and displayed at The National Children's Museum in Washington D.C."]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Chandīgarh"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"154466"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"India"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"1498","content":"Nek Chand"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Sculpture"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Created for and displayed at The National Children's Museum in Washington D.C."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1979"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1984"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - Sunday, September 24, 2006","exhibitionEndISODate":"2006-09-24","exhibitionID":"199","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2006-04-04","exhibitionBeginDate":"2006","exhibitionTitle":"Concrete Kingdom","exhibitionEndDate":"2006"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, September 13, 2012 - Sunday, January 13, 2013","exhibitionEndISODate":"2013-01-13","exhibitionID":"148","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-09-13","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"Ooh, Shiny!","exhibitionEndDate":"2013"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"56 × 35 × 11\""}}]}