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About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I'm a French artist living near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA. My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.

1898 : Voyage chez les amérindiens avec la photographe Gertrude kÄSEBIER — le petit karouge illustré — Transformations

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Magnifiques photos de chefs indiens à voir sur le site : https://mashable.com/2015/02/18/native-american-portraits/?europe=true#Hgd600NPYuqc « En 1898, la photographe Gertrude Käsebier a regardé par la fenêtre de son studio sur la Cinquième Avenue à New York et a vu défiler les acteurs du Far … Continue reading →

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TODAY! April 30! – Join us as we bring the voices of community leaders resisting Barrick Gold’s mines to the company’s executive and shareholders at their online AGM! – Stand with communities affected by “legal” Gold mining around the world! 

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

If you can’t be in Toronto, PLEASE POST A PHOTO OF YOUR OWN PROTEST SIGN! #ProtestBarrickGold Their AGM is online this year, but we’ll still be at their office sending the message that their harms to communities + environment don’t go … Continue reading →

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Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barbara Crane Navarro es una artista, autora y activista francesa que actualmente vive cerca de París. Durante 12 años, pasó los meses de invierno con el pueblo Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil, una experiencia que inspiró su práctica artística y … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow! Tuesday April 30! – Join us as we bring the voices of community leaders resisting Barrick Gold’s mines to the company’s executive and shareholders at their online AGM! – Stand with communities affected by “legal” Gold mining around the world! 

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

If you can’t be in Toronto, PLEASE POST A PHOTO OF YOUR OWN PROTEST SIGN! #ProtestBarrickGold Their AGM is online this year, but we’ll still be at their office sending the message that their harms to communities + environment don’t go … Continue reading →

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Tout le monde vivant est interdépendant: une question & réponse avec l’artiste Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barbara Crane Navarro est une artiste, auteur et activiste française qui vit actuellement près de Paris. Pendant 12 ans, elle a passé les mois d’hiver avec le peuple Yanomami au Venezuela et au Brésil, une expérience qui a inspiré sa … Continue reading →

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IN 2 DAYS! Tuesday April 30! – Join us as we bring the voices of community leaders resisting Barrick Gold’s mines to the company’s executive and shareholders at their online AGM! – Stand with communities affected by “legal” Gold mining around the world! 

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

If you can’t be in Toronto, PLEASE POST A PHOTO OF YOUR OWN PROTEST SIGN! #ProtestBarrickGold Their AGM is online this year, but we’ll still be at their office sending the message that their harms to communities + environment don’t go … Continue reading →

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“All the Living World is Interdependent:” A Q&A with Artist Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Installation: The Forest is Burning! – Barbara Crane Navarro Illustration: “Amazon Rainforest Magic, the adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami Girl”

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S’IL VOUS PLAÎT,  ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE ! Et découvrez comment nous pouvons aider les peuples Indigènes !

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue Vous regardiez toujours vers le bas Nous vous prévenons depuis le début a terre … Continue reading →

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« Nossos espíritos xapiri estão muito preocupados em ver a terra virar fantasma » — Mágica Mistura

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Publicado originalmente em Barbara Crane Navarro: «Nossa floresta ainda é linda … enraizada no centro do céu antigo.Além da floresta, o território dos brancos que nos cerca é constituído apenas de terras feridas de onde vêm os fumos epidêmicos … … Continue reading →

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PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – And discover how we can help Indigenous peoples!

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down We’ve been warning you since the beginning The land is alive … Continue reading →

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