Naive Art

Naive Art

Naïve art is described as visual art produced by individuals who lack the formal education and training typically undergone by professional artists.

Naïve art is commonly characterised as visual art produced by individuals who lack the formal education and training typically associated with professional artists. When a trained artist deliberately emulates this aesthetic, the result may be referred to as primitivism, pseudo-naïve art, or faux naïve art.


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Parra's studio, with Parra at the centre, his back to the camera as he works on the large painting takes centre stage, showing a faceless blue woman in a striped dress, painted in red, purple, blue and teal. The studio is full of brightly coloured paints, with a large window on the right and a patterned rug across the floor under the painting.