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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.

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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GENOCÍDIO: Mais de 570 crianças Yanomami menores de cinco anos morreram nos últimos quatro anos de doenças evitáveis ​​diretamente ligadas à mineração ilegal de ouro! A fronteira Brasil/Venezuela é dominada pela mineração ilegal de ouro há décadas e uma parte substancial do ouro de sangue Yanomami transita pela Venezuela e se infiltra na cadeia global de abastecimento de ouro, declarado com documentos falsos como ouro de “origem legal”!

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

“Mais do que uma crise humanitária, o que vi em Roraima foi um genocídio. Um crime premeditado contra os Yanomami, cometido por um governo indiferente ao sofrimento do povo brasileiro”, disse Lula, o recém-eleito presidente, após visitar um centro de … Continue reading →

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La Amazonía perdió 9,7% de su vegetación natural en 37 años — Ecoamazônia

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

Los datos más recientes de MapBiomas Amazonía refuerzan la necesidad de una acción internacional integrada para revertir la actual tendencia de destrucción que, de persistir, llevará al bioma más allá de su punto de no retorno a finales de esta … Continue reading →

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Climate change, agrarian justice and pastoralism — Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience – PASTRES

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

Information on a conference in September 2022 about climate and agrarian justice. Climate change, agrarian justice and pastoralism — Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience – PASTRES

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GÉNOCIDE : Plus de 570 enfants Yanomami de moins de cinq ans sont morts au cours des quatre dernières années de maladies évitables directement liées à l’extraction illégale d’or ! La frontière Brésil/Venezuela est dominée par l’extraction illégale d’or depuis des décennies et une partie substantielle de l’or du sang Yanomami transite par le Venezuela et s’infiltre dans la chaîne mondiale d’approvisionnement en or, déclarée avec de faux documents comme de l’or “d’origine légale” !

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“Plus qu’une crise humanitaire, ce que j’ai vu à Roraima était un génocide. Un crime prémédité contre les Yanomami, commis par un gouvernement indifférent à la souffrance du peuple brésilien”, a déclaré Lula, le président nouvellement élu, au lendemain d’une … Continue reading →

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We can still see these 5 traces of ancestor species in all human bodies today | The Conversation — msamba

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Alice Clement Alice Clement is a Friend of The Conversation. Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Elia Pellegrini/Unsplash If we go far enough back in time, we all share an ancestor. And some of the … Continue reading →

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Como chegamos aos 570 pequenos indígenas mortos — SUMAÚMA

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O delicado caminho do jornalismo para evitar cometer violência ao denunciar violências Como chegamos aos 570 pequenos indígenas mortos — SUMAÚMA

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