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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.

The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 9 – « Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle! » :38 seconds!

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments-DON’T MISS THIS ONE!With Namowë, a Yanomami boy in the Alto Orinoco region, Amazonas, Venezuela in his canoe! It’s an excerpt of my film of instants of the daily life of a Yanomami community … Continue reading →

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BETTER VERSION UP NOW! (My regrets if you saw it over the past few days!) – The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 6 – « Totemic Sculptures – Grace Teshima Gallery Exhibit » 4:04

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

In « Totemic Sculptures – Grace Teshima Gallery Exhibit » textured paintings plus two totemic sculptures, one in canvas and one in metal, alternate with scenes of Yanomami life in the Amazon rainforest on a small screen. The elements of the two … Continue reading →

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Uma ode a Bruno e Dom, por André Abujamra

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O vídeo abaixo é fruto de um trabalho realizado pelo talentoso André Abujamra é uma espécie de ode aos desaparecidos (e provavelmente assassinados) Dom Philips e Bruno Pereira que desapareceram durante um trabalho de jornalismo de investigativo na tríplice fronteira … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 8 – « Totemic Light Sculptures II – Yanomami shamanic chants – Mixed media art installation » 1:19

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Yanomami shaman struggle against xawara – the smoke of epidemics – art installation with sounds of many Yanomami shaman chanting to protect the community! The Yanomami shaman who fight the xawara epidemic diseases see their image appear in the form … Continue reading →

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‘Bolsonaro’s fingerprints are all over this’: how the president’s war on the Amazon and Indigenous peoples played a part in double killing! – The Guardian — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: ‘Bolsonaro’s fingerprints are all over this’: how president’s war on Amazon played part in double killing | Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira | The Guardian ‘Bolsonaro’s fingerprints are all over this’: how president’s war on Amazon played part in double … Continue reading →

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Assista a “O laço entre traficantes e exploradores ilegais na Amazônia” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A Amazônia e toda a natureza clamam por socorro. A humanidade não têm futuro se algo não for feito com seriedade e urgência. BBC NEWS aqui! imagens do WordPress Assista a “O laço entre traficantes e exploradores ilegais na Amazônia” no … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 7 – « Totemic Light Sculptures – Yanomami shamanic chants – Mixed media art installation I » :49

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

Yanomami shaman struggle against xawara – the smoke of epidemics – art installation with sounds of many Yanomami shaman chanting to protect the community! The Yanomami shaman who fight the xawara epidemic diseases see their image appear in the form … Continue reading →

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Decolonizing conservation: Seven principles — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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

Originally posted on Darcy Hitchcock: The western view of conservation has been to protect the land from people. But what Ken Burns referred to as America’s Best Idea, our National Parks, involved expelling native people from their own lands, lands … Continue reading →

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Anistia Internacional cobra transparência e respeito aos direitos humanos nas buscas por Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips

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

Em resposta às informações de que as autoridades brasileiras estão tratando as buscas por Dom Phillips e Bruno Pereira como uma investigação de homicídio, Erika Guevara-Rosas, diretora da Anistia Internacional para as Américas, declarou: “As autoridades brasileiras devem garantir total transparência … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 6 – « Totemic Sculptures – Grace Teshima Gallery Exhibit » 4:04

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

In « Totemic Sculptures – Grace Teshima Gallery Exhibit » textured paintings plus two totemic sculptures, one in canvas and one in metal, alternate with scenes of Yanomami life in the Amazon rainforest on a screen. The elements of the two totemic … Continue reading →

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