The paths that lead artists to naive art are diverse, they can be direct or complex. However, what they have in common is that the artist has a spontaneous need to portray the world around them, their dreams and visions, regardless of the universally recognised means of artistic expression. Štefan Siváň senior (1906 – 1995) began his artistic career carving crib figures. They were part of the portable cribs he carried when, as a young man, he went carol-singing over the Christmas and New Year festivities in Slovakia, Moravia and Silesia.  He lived his whole life in the village of Babín...