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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.

¿Qué vende este hombre? – Cartier compró algunos, ¿tú también?

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, también conocido como “Peter Ferrari” ¡Cualquiera que esté pensando en comprar o usar oro debería ver el episodio “Dirty Gold” de la extraordinaria serie de antología documental de Netflix, “Dirty Money”! ¡Es una versión real de “Narcos”! … Continue reading →

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Um terço das empresas associadas ao desmatamento não tem planos para acabar com ele!

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A pesquisa da Global Canopy também descobriu que muitas empresas não estão monitorando os compromissos estabelecidos Desmatamento na Amazônia brasileira, janeiro de 2023. O desmatamento por humanos é responsável por quase um quarto das emissões de gases de efeito estufa. Fotografia: … Continue reading →

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In Bolivia, mercury pollution spreads amid a surge in gold mining! — Stigmatis News

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A boom in small-scale gold mining in Bolivia has raised concerns about pollution from mercury used in the mining process. Researchers are citing the health impacts on downstream villages, but the government has yet to act to stem the widespread … Continue reading →

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O que esse homem está vendendo? – Cartier comprou alguns, você também?

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, também conhecido como “Peter Ferrari” Qualquer pessoa que esteja pensando em comprar ou usar ouro deve assistir ao episódio “Dirty Gold” da extraordinária série antológica de documentários da Netflix, “Dirty Money”! É uma versão real de “Narcos”! … Continue reading →

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Polarized views of nature mirror our politics! — Conservation Sense and Nonsense

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This article about the polarized views of conservation and how similar they are to our polarized politics was published by Conservation Sense and Nonsense 7 years ago.  It is truer now than it was then.  Where are the moderates in … Continue reading →

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Peru lawmakers propose bill to strip “un-contacted” Indigenous people of protections! — Stigmatis

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Photograph: Ronald Reategui/The Guardian Dan Collyns in Peru Proposal to dismantle existing reserves for ‘un-contacted’ Indigenous groups quietly pushed amid ongoing political chaos! Peru’s Indigenous federation Aidesep said the bill ‘would cause genocide’.  23 Dec. 2022 Amid the political chaos following … Continue reading →

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Qu’est-ce que cet homme vend ? – Cartier en a acheté, vous aussi ?

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

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Quiconque envisage d’acheter ou de porter de l’or devrait voir l’épisode “Dirty Gold” de l’extraordinaire série d’anthologies documentaires de Netflix, “Dirty Money” ! C’est une version réelle de “Narcos” ! Ferrari était l’un des principaux coupables … Continue reading →

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A hora é agora: Lula terá que decidir sobre Belo Monte — SUMAÚMA

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

Está na mesa do novo governo a renovação da licença de operação da hidrelétrica que causou uma crise humanitária e ambiental em uma das regiões mais diversas da maior floresta tropical do planeta. 15 more words A hora é agora: Lula … Continue reading →

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What is the UN High Seas Treaty and why is it needed? — Stigmatis News

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

By Esme Stallard | Climate and Science Reporter, BBC News After more than a decade of negotiations, the countries of the United Nations have agreed the first ever treaty to protect the world’s oceans that lie outside national boundaries. The … Continue reading →

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What’s this man selling? – Cartier bought some of it, did you, too?

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

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Anyone who is considering buying or wearing gold should see the “Dirty Gold” episode of Netflix’s extraordinary documentary anthology series, “Dirty Money”! It’s a real life version of “Narcos“! Ferrari was one of the … Continue reading →

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