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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 the Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse? — Geography Directions

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

By Simon Willcock, Bangor University; Gregory Cooper, University of Sheffield, and John Dearing, University of Southampton Sprawling 5.5 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is the largest of its kind and home to about one in ten of all known … Continue reading →

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Honrar Dom e Bruno é proteger floresta e indígenas. Por Fernando Brito — Mágica Mistura✨

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

Dois pescadores ilegais, possivelmente ligados a narcotraficantes, confessaram a morte, o esquartejamento e a ocultação dos corpos do indigenista Bruno Pereira e do jornalista inglês Dom Philips. 48 more words Honrar Dom e Bruno é proteger floresta e indígenas. Por Fernando … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » 5:22

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

« The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » alternates scenes from the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures at the art space La Miroiterie in Paris with the « Fire Performance » burning of another of my totemic sculptures in … Continue reading →

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Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

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

Barbara Crane Navarro es una artista, autora y activista francesa que actualmente vive cerca de París. Durante 12 años, pasó los meses de invierno con el pueblo Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil, una experiencia que inspiró su práctica artística y … Continue reading →

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¡La minería ilegal de oro devasta bosques y ríos en norte paceño! — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

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

¡NO HAY CONTROLES EN LAS COMUNIDADES! La minería ilegal devasta bosques y ríos en norte paceño. Volquetas y retroexcavadoras buscan oro en el río Mapiri. ANF… 385 more words La minería ilegal devasta bosques y ríos en norte paceño — Observatorio … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 4 – « Fire Sculpture Performance at the Mairie du 2ème, Paris, France » 4:18

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

« Fire Sculpture Performance at the Mairie du 2ème, Paris, France » alternates scenes from the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures during the collective art exhibition at the Mairie de 2ème, Paris, France – in support of the Indigenous … Continue reading →

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Tout le monde vivant est interdépendant: une question & réponse avec l’artiste Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

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

Barbara Crane Navarro est une artiste, auteur et activiste française qui vit actuellement près de Paris. Pendant 12 ans, elle a passé les mois d’hiver avec le peuple Yanomami au Venezuela et au Brésil, une expérience qui a inspiré sa … Continue reading →

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Estudo revela como cooperativas de garimpeiros têm sido utilizadas para exploração mineral em escala industrial na Amazônia!

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

Estudo divulgado pelo Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio), na sexta-feira (29/04), apresenta evidências de que cooperativas de garimpeiros têm sido utilizadas como forma de viabilizar explorações minerais de natureza industrial ou quase industrial, mas sob regime … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 3 – « Washington – Amazon » 3:44

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Washington – Amazon » alternates scenes from two art installations of my paintings and totemic sculptures in Washington D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, USA, with the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures in the Yanomami village of Arata-Teri in the … Continue reading →

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“All the Living World is Interdependent:” A Q&A with Artist Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, author, and activist who currently lives near Paris. Over a period of 12 years, she spent the winter months with the Yanomami people in Venezuela and Brazil, an experience which has inspired her … Continue reading →

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