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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.

DR Congo’s Forests-for-Oil Sale Reeks of Neocolonialism! — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Human Wrongs Watch By Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack | Greenpeace*  19 August 2022 – Forests are losing out to fossil fuels and foreign finance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On July 28, the country’s government auctioned 27 … Continue reading →

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« ¡No al ORO DE SANGRE! – ¡Nada de Cartier! » Yanomami y los Árboles contra Minería de Oro, envenenamiento por Mercurio y artículos de Oro de Lujo / Exposición 2023

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Los chamanes Yanomami que luchan contra la epidemia de xawara ven aparecer la imagen de la enfermedad en forma de bandas de tela escarlata. ¡La epidemia de xawara se acerca y su humo brilla! Hace que el cielo sea un fantasma y devora a … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity: What is a mass extinction and are we causing one? — Stigmatis

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Five times in our planet’s history, adverse conditions have extinguished most of life. By Patrick Hughes. BBC News Climate and Science By Patrick Hughes | BBC News Climate and Science | 11 Dec. 2022 Now, scientists say, life on Earth … Continue reading →

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« Não ao OURO DE SANGUE! – Não Cartier! » Yanomami e as Árvores contra Mineração de Ouro, intoxicação por Mercúrio e artigos de Luxo em Ouro / Exposição 2023

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Os xamãs Yanomami que lutam contra a epidemia de xawara veem a imagem da doença aparecer forma de tiras de tecido escarlate. A epidemia de xawara está se aproximando e sua fumaça está vermelha brilhante! Ele transforma o céu em … Continue reading →

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This Planet Is Drying Up. And these Are the Consequences! — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal MADRID – from Dec 1 2022 and the situation is now worse! – (IPS)* – Drought is one of the ‘most destructive’ natural disasters in terms of the loss of life, arising from impacts, … Continue reading →

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« Non à l’OR DU SANG ! – Pas de Cartier ! » Yanomami et les Arbres contre Extraction d’Or, empoisonnement au Mercure et articles de Luxe en Or / Exposition 2023

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Les chamans Yanomami qui combattent l’épidémie de xawara voient l’image de la maladie apparaître sous la forme de bandes de tissu écarlate. L’épidémie de xawara approche et sa fumée est rougeoyante! Elle fait du ciel un fantôme et dévore tous … Continue reading →

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Lei anti-desmatamento da União Europeia abre precedente para outros países seguirem!

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Por Rainforest Action Network Gemma Tillack, Diretora de Política Florestal da Rainforest Action Network (RAN), respondeu à adoção de uma nova lei de importação da União Europeia (UE) que visa impedir que as empresas vendam commodities ligadas ao desmatamento e … Continue reading →

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« No to GOLD! – No to Cartier ! » Yanomami and Trees versus Gold Mining, Mercury poisoning and Gold Luxury items / Exhibition 2023

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The Yanomami shamans who fight the xawara epidemic see the disease’s image appear in the form of strips of scarlet fabric. The xawara epidemic is approaching and its smoke is glowing red! It is making the sky become ghost and is devouring all the … Continue reading →

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SALSA Statement Against Brazil’s Proposed Law PL2903/2023 formerly #490/2007 (6-27-21) — Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Indigenous peoples protesting Law 490 in Brasilia 2021

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Ancora altri Yanomami e alberi! E l’artivista Jaider Esbell? – ALTRA ARTE GREENWASHING dei commercianti d’oro – secondo le loro stesse parole… Un’altra parodia dell'”arte” da parte di Cartier!?

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Lettera al Vecchio MondoGenocidio Indigeno del BrasileLa violenza è un ciclo lungo. Gli antichi ordini continuano a risuonare e ora sono arrivati ​​nelle ultime foreste vergini del mondo.L’ordine? Sterminare! » Jaider Esbell ha affermato: « Come popoli Indigeni, siamo già emersi … Continue reading →

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