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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.

These Games Are Rigged—Like Our Economy! — Mother Jones

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A version of this article was originally published on the author’s website. In November 2019, not long before the pandemic put the kibosh on indoor socializing, my wife and I had some friends over for dinner and what turned out … Continue reading →

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Le GENOCIDE des YANOMAMI et la MORT de la NATURE pour les marchandises d’or et de diamants et L’ART de l’éco-blanchiment par les MARCHANDS d’OR dans leurs propres mots… 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Les boutiques Cartier vendent leurs bijoux, montres et accessoires de luxe en or et diamants depuis 1847 – photo : Cartier “Les choses vont mal depuis 2015, lorsque le prix de l’or a commencé à augmenter. La vie des Yanomami … Continue reading →

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Principales problemas ambientales en Argentina — Stigmatis News

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Argentina es una de las principales economías en el continente sudamericano y alberga aproximadamente 44 millones de habitantes. Sin embargo, este país repleto de amplias extensiones y bellezas (casi) sobrenaturales está amenazado por múltiples problemas medioambientales, que tienen relación entre … Continue reading →

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Met Museum Kicked Me Out for Praying to My Ancestral Gods — Lara Trace Hentz

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I was aware of the problem of looting but thought such prominent museums could never be complicit in these kinds of crimes. Met Museum Kicked Me Out for Praying to My Ancestral Gods Something about my rhythmic movement, silent and … 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…

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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. The life of the Yanomami is … Continue reading →

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A solução para a crise mundial da água corre nas veias da Amazônia — SUMAÚMA

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Se o objetivo é salvar o planeta da escassez, os acordos globais precisam garantir os direitos indígenas, proteger as nascentes dos rios e deletar os projetos de grandes hidrelétricas na floresta A solução para a crise mundial da água corre nas … Continue reading →

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Seabed Mining for the Sake of Clean Energy Is a Wicked Trade-Off! — Mother Jones

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An investigation by conservationists has found evidence that  828 more words Seabed Mining for the Sake of Clean Energy Is a Wicked Trade-Off — Mother Jones

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Oro legale e oro illegale – Se la Barrick Gold Corporation oi cercatori d’oro stessero cercando l’oro nel tuo cortile e contaminassero la tua unica fonte d’acqua con cianuro o mercurio, saresti ancora decorato con gioielli, orologi e accessori d’oro?

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Diritto alla vita invece dei profitti legali in oro! Più sai, meno l’oro brilla! Niente dice “ti amo” come… 20 tonnellate di rifiuti minerari?! Questa è la quantità di rifiuti di roccia estratti e scartati per produrre la quantità di … Continue reading →

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Operação Amazônia Verde desmonta 11 garimpos ilegais no Pará! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ação do ICMBio gerou mais de 11 milhões de reais em multas Entre os dias 4 e 22 de março, agentes de fiscalização do ICMBio estiveram em campo para a Operação Amazônia Verde. 35 more words Operação Amazônia Verde desmonta 11 … Continue reading →

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How Do You Keep Migrating Birds off a Giant Toxic Lake from a mining site? — Mother Jones

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As darkness fell on Nov. 28, 2016, residents of Butte, Montana, heard the unmistakable honking of some 60,000 snow geese circling the Berkeley Pit, a … Continue reading →

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