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Naive Art Exhibition: Ismail Baba (LIAC#4 UiTM Melaka)

   Figure 1: Courtesy of Artist 'Nelayan Pekan Kuah Langkawi (2009)' by Ismail Baba TATE Art Terms defines 'Naive Art' as a simple, unaffected, and unsophisticated art style, characterised by its childlike simplicity of execution and vision. As such it has been valued by modernists seeking to get away from what they see as the insincere sophistication of art created within the traditional system (TATE, 2022)  Nonetheless, let us unfold the three (3) aspects or perspectives, underlining the concept of 'Naive Art'. First, Naive Art from the common perspective, is viewed as an art style where appearance of the work of art, renders childlike formalistic aspects, in terms of its overall stylistic representation. As in this perspective, Naive art is a unique approach which democratise the taste and appreciation of works of art, to which it is accessible to everyone despite age, gender, ethnic, education and background. If Naive Art was edible, it could have been the u