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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.

« O OURO nada mais é do que pó brilhante na lama, mas os brancos podem matar por isso! … Nada é sólido o suficiente para restaurar o valor da floresta doente. Nenhuma mercadoria pode comprar todos os seres humanos devorados por vapores epidêmicos. »

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/aaa3-chamana2d-3-2.jpg foto: Yanomami: transformação xamânica – Barbara Crane Navarro « Os brancos espalham seus fumos epidêmicos pela floresta … tirando ouro e outros minerais da terra. Eles não querem desistir do frenesi de cavar…

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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami. Goldrausch, Covid-19 und der Genozid der Yanomami Eingeborenen in Brasilien. — Peru Reisen und Reisebausteine – Peru individuell erleben. —

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami. Goldrausch, Covid-19 und der Genozid der Yanomami Eingeborenen in Brasilien. https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/04/11/gold-fever-covid-19-and-the-genocide-of-the-yanomami/ — Peru Reisen und Reisebausteine – Peru individuell erleben. — Peru Reisen und Reisebausteine – Peru individuell erleben. — Tiny Life

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We Demand that the Gold Mining Invaders be Expelled from Our Territory! — Movimento Munduruku Ipereg Ayu

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Statement of the Munduruku Ipereg Ayu Movement – May 28, 2021 The entirety of the Munduruku people are indignant about the decision to cancel the operations of the Federal Police in our region. This operation cannot end now, right when … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Leadership in Preservation of Biodiversity: The Case of Brazil’s Amazon — Open Americas

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Image: Flickr By Maggie Wang This article was originally published here on Human Rights Pulse on April 21, 2021. “If I become President, there will not be another centimeter of indigenous land [demarcated].” This statement and statements like it—including several … Continue reading →

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« L’OR n’est rien de plus que de la poussière brillante dans la boue, mais les Blancs peuvent tuer pour cela! … Rien n’est assez solide pour restaurer la valeur de la forêt malade. Aucune marchandise ne peut acheter tous les êtres humains dévorés par les fumées épidémiques. »

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/aaaa2-chamana2a.jpg photo: Yanomami: transformation chamanique – Barbara Crane Navarro «?Les Blancs répandent leurs fumées épidémiques dans toute la forêt… en arrachant l’or et d’autres minéraux de la terre. Ils ne veulent pas abandonner leur…

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Jair Bolsonaro reinaugura ponte de madeira de 18 m, e acena para o vazio em uma típica encenação bolsonarista — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Em meio à escalada da violência de garimpeiros contra comunidades indígenas,  O PRESIDENTE Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido) saiu de Brasília, viajou cerca de 2.800 km para reinaugurar a ponte Rodrigo e Cibele entre o município de São Gabriel da Cachoeira e … Continue reading →

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Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve – Mongabay.com —

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/3bZ6lYc Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2Pik6Fi Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve – … Continue reading →

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« GOLD is nothing more than shiny dust in the mud, yet the white people can kill for that! … Nothing is solid enough to restore the sick forest’s value. No merchandise can buy all the human beings devoured by the epidemic fumes. »

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/aaa1.jpg photo: Yanomami shamanic transformation – Barbara Crane Navarro «?The white people spread their epidemic fumes throughout the entire forest…by tearing the gold and other minerals out of the earth. They do not want…

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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami — Tiny Life — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: What I’ve been dreading since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Brazil on February 25th has happened. After testing positive for coronavirus, a 15 year old … Continue reading →

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EL PAÍS Brasil: 8 anos e 12 quilos, a criança com malária e desnutrição que simboliza o descaso com os Yanomami no Brasil — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Etnia enfrenta crises sanitária e ambiental com escalada de violência por garimpos ilegais. Povo denuncia novo ataque neste domingo. Imagem expõe o grave e crônico problema da assistência à saúde em várias aldeias https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2021-05-17/8-anos-e-12-quilos-a-crianca-com-malaria-e-desnutricao-que-simboliza-o-descaso-com-os-yanomami-no-brasil.html publicado originalmente em elpais imagens da internet … Continue reading →

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