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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.

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

Posted on February 2, 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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Lula moves to protect indigenous Yanomani amid hunger deaths! — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for emergency action to assist the country’s Yanomami indigenous group, according to a … Lula moves to protect indigenous Yanomani amid hunger deaths Lula moves to protect indigenous Yanomani amid hunger deaths … Continue reading →

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Cartier is showing their greenwashing art show “The Yanomami Struggle” in NY from February 3 till April 16. The fact that the Cartier gold and diamond trinkets shop is in the same shopping complex as the Shed where the Cartier show will be held puts this event in an entirely new dimension than any of their previous shows !!! — Tiny Life

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: Is anyone/a group willing to make and hold a sign up in front of The Shed building in Hudson Yards on February 3rd with this message: « Over 570 Yanomami children have died in … Continue reading →

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GENOCIDIO: Oltre 570 bambini Yanomami sotto i cinque anni sono morti negli ultimi quattro anni a causa di malattie prevenibili direttamente collegate all’estrazione illegale dell’oro! Il confine Brasile/Venezuela è stato dominato per decenni dall’estrazione illegale dell’oro e una parte consistente dell’oro del sangue Yanomami transita attraverso il Venezuela e si infiltra nella catena di approvvigionamento globale dell’oro, dichiarato con documenti falsi come l’oro di “origine legale”!

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“Più che una crisi umanitaria, quello che ho visto a Roraima è stato un genocidio. Un crimine premeditato contro gli Yanomami, commesso da un governo indifferente alle sofferenze del popolo brasiliano”, ha detto Lula, il neoeletto presidente, dopo aver visitato … Continue reading →

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Genocídio Yanomami! — Linkezine — Tiny Life

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A visita de Lula à terra Yanomami trouxe à tona um tema que estava submerso no nosso país. Em quatro anos de governo Bolsonaro foi possível identificar o avanço da extrema direita e suas políticas. A mais cruel delas foi … Continue reading →

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ART ALERTE! – Cartier is showing their greenwashing art show « The Yanomami Struggle » in NY from February 3 till April 16. The fact that the Cartier gold and diamond trinkets shop is in the same shopping complex as the Shed where the Cartier show will be held puts this event in an entirely new dimension than any of their previous shows !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro — MARY CALVO

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Transformations: Is anyone/a group willing to make and hold a sign up in front of The Shed building in Hudson Yards on February 3rd with this message: « Over 570 Yanomami children have died in the past … Continue reading →

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GENOCIDIO: ¡Más de 570 niños Yanomami menores de cinco años han muerto en los últimos cuatro años por enfermedades prevenibles directamente relacionadas con la extracción ilegal de oro! La frontera entre Brasil y Venezuela ha estado dominada por la minería ilegal de oro durante décadas y una parte sustancial del oro de sangre Yanomami transita por Venezuela y se infiltra en la cadena mundial de suministro de oro, ¡declarado con documentos falsos como oro de “origen legal »!

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

“Más que una crisis humanitaria, lo que vi en Roraima fue un genocidio. Un crimen premeditado contra los Yanomami, cometido por un gobierno indiferente al sufrimiento del pueblo brasileño”, dijo Lula, el nuevo presidente electo, después de visitar un centro … Continue reading →

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Negar um genocídio é semear o próximo! — SUMAÚMA

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

Diante da vasta repercussão da crise mais recente da população Yanomami, parte da comunidade jurídica, de forma tardia e constrangida, começa a balbuciar: “agora sim, talvez…”. 19 more words Negar um genocídio é semear o próximo — SUMAÚMA

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ART ALERTE ! – Cartier is showing their greenwashing art show « The Yanomami Struggle » in NY from February 3 till April 16. The fact that the Cartier gold and diamond trinkets shop is in the same shopping complex as the Shed where the Cartier show will be held puts this event in an entirely new dimension than any of their previous shows !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro — Transformations

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

Is anyone/a group willing to make and hold a sign up in front of The Shed building in Hudson Yards on February 3rd with this message: « Over 570 Yanomami children have died in the past 4 years from preventable … Continue reading →

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Cartier is showing their greenwashing art show “The Yanomami Struggle” in NY from February 3 till April 16. The fact that the Cartier gold and diamond trinkets shop is in the same shopping complex as the Shed where the Cartier show will be held puts this event in an entirely new dimension than any of their previous shows !!!

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

Is anyone/a group willing to make and hold a sign up in front of The Shed building in Hudson Yards from February 3 till April 16 with this message: « Over 570 Yanomami children have died in the past 4 … Continue reading →

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