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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.

O uso da tribo amazônica pelo comerciante de ouro Cartier leva os defensores Indígenas a alegar hipocrisia!

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“Os Yanomami estão pagando o preço com sua saúde e com suas próprias vidas pela implacável avidez por ouro de nossa sociedade”, disse Navarro. “Para a Cartier, o patrocínio aos Yanomami representa uma oportunidade de polir sua marca.“ “Cartier usa … Continue reading →

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The GENOCIDE of the YANOMAMI and the DEATH of NATURE for Gold and Diamond Merchandise – The ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their own words… 2023

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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Cartier shops have been selling their signature luxury gold and diamond jewelry, watches and accessories since 1847 – photo: Cartier “Things have been bad since 2015, when the price of gold started to rise.…

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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 May 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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«?The Forest Is Burning?»Photo montage from Fire Sculpture PerformancesBarbara Crane Navarro «?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…

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Gold merchant Cartier’s use of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy!

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“How can a gold jewelry company, which we Yanomami people are against, use the image of the Yanomami?” “Anyone who buys a gold ring is part of the crime.” https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-gold-indigenous-yanomami-cartier-venezuela-6533687f2da0ea66a4bd72e8f211de69

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Un cuento de iniciación: « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » – ¡Para edades de 8 a 12 a 100 años! – escrito y ilustrado por Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Desde sus primeras páginas, La Magie de l’Amazonie, este libro encantador para niños describe un mundo casi inimaginable en el siglo XXI. Un mundo tropical, exuberante y agitado, desbordante de una vida en comunión con los espíritus de los animales … Continue reading →

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The fantastic anatomy of spiders – all you have to know! — msamba

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This video is about the fascinating and fantastic anatomy of spiders by means of a vivid 3D animation of a black widow. It is about the external structure with cephalothorax / prosoma and abdomen, chelicerae, pedipals and about the organs … Continue reading →

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Un conte initiatique : « La Magie de l’Amazonie – Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et illustré par Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Dès ses premières pages La Magie de l’Amazonie, cet attachant livre pour enfants, décrit un monde presque inimaginable au XXIe siècle. Un monde tropical, luxuriant et agité, débordant d’une vie en communion avec les esprits des animaux et des plantes. … Continue reading →

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How Many Legs Are Best? — msamba

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This is an important question. — Featured Artists: Wayne Barlowe’s Website: https://waynebarlowe.com/ Wayne Barlowe’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waynebarlow… Alex Ries Website: https://www.alexries.com/ Alex Ries Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexries Exobiotica Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exobiotica/ Exobiotica DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/michaelbea… Have you ever wondered, ‘what is the best number of … Continue reading →

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A Classic Initiation Tale – The Amazon as Oz: « Amazon Rainforest Magic, The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“From its opening pages, this engaging children’s book sets the scene of a world almost unimaginable in the 21st century, a lush, restive, tropical world alive with the spirits of animals and plants. It begins inside a Yanomami dwelling. A … Continue reading →

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Uncovering secrets of the glasswing butterfly’s see-through wings! — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Most butterflies sport colourful, eye-catching wings. But some species flit about using mostly transparent wings. Researchers have now uncovered the tricks that one of these — the glasswing butterfly (Greta oto) — uses to hide in plain sight.Researchers viewed the wings of … Continue reading →

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