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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.

Is UNESCO Greenwashing the luxury brand LVMH? – “Biosphere reserves: Mobilizing against deforestation in the Amazon. UNESCO has partnered with LVMH, the luxury goods group, to fight against the direct and indirect drivers of deforestation in the Amazonian region.” ???

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

According to UNESCO: “UNESCO has partnered with LVMH, the luxury goods group, to fight against the direct and indirect drivers of deforestation in the Amazonian region. Based on participatory approaches that combine scientific, local and indigenous knowledge, the programme will … Continue reading →

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La amenaza constante de defender la Amazonía peruana — Stigmatis

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Fotografía de un ave en la concesión de conservación Arbio, el 4 de septiembre de 2022, en la selva de Madre de Dios (Perú). EFE/Paolo Aguilar No son solo ecologistas, son personas que protegen sus bosques, sus territorios y la … Continue reading →

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Onça-pintada e mais seis espécies que vivem no Acre estão ameaçadas de extinção! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Em alusão ao Dia da Amazônia, celebrado no dia 5 de setembro, a Revista Casa e Jardim, do site O Globo, listou 10 espécies ameaçadas de extinção na Amazônia, considerada um dos patrimônios naturais do planeta. 35 more words Onça-pintada e … Continue reading →

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Yanomami! Alberi! E l’artista Jaider Esbell? Un’altra parodia dell’ « arte » del greenwashing dei MERCANTI D’ORO – con le loro stesse parole…

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Lettera al Vecchio MondoGenocidio Indigeno del BrasileLa violenza è un ciclo lungo. Gli antichi ordini continuano a risuonare e ora sono arrivati ​​nelle ultime foreste vergini del mondo.L’ordine? Sterminare! » Jaider Esbell ha affermato: « Come popoli Indigeni, siamo già emersi … Continue reading →

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Smoke Blankets the Amazon! — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: Smoke Blankets the Amazon Smoke Blankets the Amazon — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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Kuarup — Existe Guarani em São Paulo

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Kuarup na aldeia Yawalapiti no Xingu, em Mato Grosso. Por @ricardostuckert “O Kuarup do ano de 2020 foi em homenagem ao meu pai, cacique Aritana Yawalapiti. É um ritual sagrado e milenar para homenagear pessoas importantes para o nosso povo. É … Continue reading →

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¡Yanomami! ¡Árboles! ¿Y el artista Jaider Esbell? Otra parodia del “arte” del lavado verde de los COMERCIANTES de ORO – en sus propias palabras…

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Carta al Viejo MundoGenocidio indígena de BrasilLa violencia es un ciclo largo. Las antiguas órdenes siguen resonando y ahora han llegado a las últimas selvas vírgenes del mundo.¿El orden? ¡Exterminar! » Jaider Esbell dijo: « Como pueblos Indígenas, ya hemos salido … Continue reading →

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#Utopia #Colonization #John Pilger — Lara Trace Hentz

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Utopia – A Film by John Pilger – Official trailer from Dartmouth Films on Vimeo. Utopia This is what colonization in Australia looks like…History repeats itself over and over until we can get it right and make it right… Lara/Trace … Continue reading →

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Agência Nacional de Mineração lança nova rodada de oferta para garimpo! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Com objetivo de regularizar e a formalizar a extração mineral em áreas de conflito, a Agência Nacional de Mineração (ANM) lançou nesta quinta-feira (15) a 6ª rodada de oferta pública que destinará áreas para a lavra garimpeira, nos estados do … Continue reading →

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Yanomami! Árvores! E o artista Jaider Esbell? Outra paródia da « arte » do lavagem verde dos COMERCIANTES de OURO – nas suas próprias palavras…

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Jaider Esbell disse: « Como povos indígenas, já emergimos de um processo histórico apocalíptico. » « Carta ao Velho Mundo » faz parte de uma narrativa visual que denuncia os horrores que os povos indígenas sofreram e ainda sofrem no Brasil e articula … Continue reading →

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