Ivan Rabuzin – The Flower of Hiroshima (1968)

Exhibition poster with the work, Hiroshima's Flower, (1968), created by the Croatian artist, Ivan Rabuzin, in connection with the group exhibition, Naive Art, at Louisiana in 1972.

In 1972, Louisiana opened its doors to an exhibition that, under the title, Naive Art , embraced naive painters from around the world and contained 500 works.

Characteristic of Ivan Rabuzin's works is that they are a bit dreamy, evocative and delicate. Other naïve artists use a more expressive idiom – but what they have in common is the rejection of the laws of perspective and technical correctness.

Naive art emerged in the 19th century as a reaction to the formal language of academic art and as a continuation of the traditions of folk art. Other perhaps better-known naive artists include Henri Rousseau and, in his own country, Hans Scherfig.