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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.

Il vero costo dei i tuoi gioielli: i cartelli riciclano denaro per droga vendendo oro a sangue a Cartier e altri nel settore del lusso, così come per scontare i negozi di oro, e lo Yanomami e altri popoli Indigeni sta pagando il prezzo!

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

L’oro illegale è il modo più redditizio per i cartelli della droga, i gruppi terroristici, i trafficanti di armi, la mafia, i banchieri senza scrupoli e i commercianti e mediatori di oro internazionali per riciclare denaro perché a differenza della … Continue reading →

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O problema é o capitalismo e não o clima!

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

Dois conclaves mundiais que enfocam o debate sobre o “aquecimento global” coincidiram no final de semana passado, a COP 26 em Glasgow, na Escócia, e o G20, em Roma, na Itália Os EUA são responsáveis ​​por 20% das emissões totais … Continue reading →

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El verdadero costo de tus joyas: los carteles lavan dinero de las drogas vendiendo oro en sangre a Cartier y a otros en la industria del lujo, así como para descontar tiendas de oro, ¡y los Yanomami y otros comunidades Indígenas están pagando el precio!

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

montaje fotográfico: serie “Pas de Cartier” – Barbara Crane Navarro – con publicidad de Cartier y foto de João Laety anillo Cartier LOVE™ El oro ilegal es la forma más lucrativa para que los carteles de la droga, los grupos … Continue reading →

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Soja e gado brasileiros são decisivos para o desafio de reduzir o desmatamento no mundo, apontam BCG e WWF!

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

Relatório aponta que compromissos ambientais precisam alcançar novo patamar para combater o desmatamento que afeta alguns dos principais ecossistemas no mundo • O relatório Deforestation & Conversion Free Supply Chains, do Boston Consulting Group (BCG) e da WWF, indica que entre … Continue reading →

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O verdadeiro custo das suas jóias: os cartéis lavam dinheiro com drogas vendendo ouro para Cartier e outros no setor de luxo, bem como para descontos em lojas de ouro e os Yanomami e outros povos Indígenas estão pagando o preço!

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O ouro ilegal é a maneira mais lucrativa para cartéis de drogas, grupos terroristas, traficantes de armas, a máfia, banqueiros inescrupulosos e comerciantes e corretores internacionais de ouro para lavar dinheiro porque, diferentemente da cocaína, o ouro “legal” se parece … Continue reading →

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Guardian Climate Apocalypse: The End of the World is Now!

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Guardian Climate Apocalypse: The End of the World is Now https://ift.tt/3aHzJRI Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to the Guardian, the “surprisingly small” temperature increases we have experienced to date is causing “unprecedented pain and turmoil”. The climate disaster is here … Continue reading →

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Le vrai coût de vos bijoux : les cartels blanchissent l’argent de la drogue en vendant l’or de sang à Cartier et à d’autres dans l’industrie du luxe, ainsi que dans les magasins d’or discount, et les Yanomami et autres peuples Indigènes en paient le prix !

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

L’or illégal est le moyen le plus lucratif pour les cartels de la drogue, les groupes terroristes, les trafiquants d’armes, la mafia, les banquiers sans scrupules ainsi que les négociants et les courtiers internationaux en or de blanchir de l’argent … Continue reading →

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Pastagem ocupa 75% da área desmatada ilegalmente em terras públicas na Amazônia!

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Novo estudo do IPAM mostra grilagem como vetor de emissão de gases estufa e contaminação do setor pecuário com irregularidades na cadeia de produção de gado Brasília, 27 de outubro de 2021 – As áreas de pasto ocupam 75% do que … Continue reading →

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The true cost of your jewelry: Cartels launder drug money selling BLOOD GOLD to Cartier and others in the luxury industry as well as to discount gold shops. The Yanomami and other Indigenous people pay the price!

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Illegal gold is the most lucrative way for drug cartels, terrorist groups, arms traffickers, the mafia, unscrupulous bankers as well as international gold traders and brokers to launder money because, contrary to cocaine, gold that’s “legal” looks exactly like illegal … Continue reading →

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Una guerra infame. La verdadera historia de la Conquista del Desierto, por Andrés Bonatti y Javier Valdez. Final. — Andando tras tu encuentro

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Explotación empresaria, con anuencia estatal La opresión contra los pueblos indígenas del Norte tuvo características simi­lares a la sufrida por sus hermanos pampeanos. Luego de que los ejércitos ocuparon sus tierras, miles de hombres y mujeres tobas, wichis, pilagás, mo­covíes, … Continue reading →

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