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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.

Los humanos hemos degradado más de un tercio de los bosques del Amazonas — Stigmatis News

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

Washington, 26 ene (EFE) Más de un tercio de los bosques del Amazonas han sido degradados por la actividad humana, una extensión mucho mayor de la que se pensaba, advierte un equipo internacional de 35 científicos en un artículo que … Continue reading →

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How Trees Control the Weather — msamba

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

[…] Who knew that a rainforest could be literal? Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk (she/her) […] How Trees Control the Weather — msamba

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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 February 8, 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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Justiça ao povo Yanomami! — SUMAÚMA

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

Nosso desejo é que a comunidade de leitores de SUMAÚMA encontre formas de pressionar pelo julgamento de Jair Bolsonaro Justiça ao povo Yanomami — SUMAÚMA

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‘A living spirit’: Native people push for changes to protect the Colorado River – Los Angeles Times — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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

In the 1963 Supreme Court case Arizona vs. California, which settled a dispute over Colorado River water, the federal government intervened to assert that the Fort Mojave Tribe and four other reservations along the river held federally reserved water rights. The court’s decision … 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 February 7, 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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Tragédia anunciada: destruição da Amazônia será “catastrófica” para o planeta, alertam cientistas! — Ecoamazônia

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

Revisão da literatura científica reafirma alerta sobre a necessidade urgente de frear o desmatamento da floresta. Estudos com autores brasileiros são destaque na revista Science desta semana Para aqueles que ainda têm dúvidas sobre a importância da Floresta Amazônica para o futuro … Continue reading →

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Amazon River Dolphin threatened by gold mining, logging, cattle farming, palm oil and soy as well as hunting! — Palm Oil Detectives

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

The Amazon River dolphins, also known as the Boto Dolphins or Amazon Pink River Dolphins are playful, curious and intelligent mammals, the largest river dolphin species in the world. Known for their stunning pink coloured skin they are endangered due … Continue reading →

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« No all’ORO DEL SANGUE! – Niente Cartier! » Yanomami e gli Alberi – Estrazione dell’Oro, avvelenamento da Mercurio e oggetti d’Oro di Lusso / Mostra 2023

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Gli sciamani Yanomami che combattono l’epidemia di xawara vedono apparire l’immagine della malattia sotto forma di bande di stoffa scarlatta. L’epidemia di xawara si sta avvicinando e il suo fumo risplende! Rende il cielo un fantasma e divora tutto Umani … Continue reading →

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Terra Yanomami: garimpo ilegal causou alta de 309% no desmatamento! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Levantamento aponta, ainda, mais de 21 mil casos de malária No intervalo entre outubro de 2018 e dezembro de 2022, o desmatamento resultante do garimpo ilegal na Terra Indígena (TI) Yanomami aumentou 309%, de acordo com levantamento elaborado pela Hutukara … Continue reading →

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