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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.

« A única razão pela qual a floresta ainda não está se transformando no caos é que alguns grandes xamãs ainda estão fazendo seus espíritos poderosos dançarem para protegê-la » — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Xamã Yanomami convocando espíritos para evitar que invasores destruam a floresta – desenho no papel: Wacayowë Yanomami Xamã Yanomami convocando espíritos para evitar que invasores destruam a floresta – desenho no papel: Wacayowë Yanomami « Os espíritos xapiri do xamã esmagam … Continue reading →

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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami — Tiny Life

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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 Yanomami boy died on April 10th … Continue reading →

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Assista a “Indígenas Yanomami pedem ajuda contra ataques de garimpeiros” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Me recuso a acreditar nesta barbárie… quando vai haver uma trégua na desgraça? O QUE O GOVERNO HIPÓCRITA E GENOCIDA DESTE PAÍS VAI FAZER? VAI FICAR POR ISSO MESMO?! 33 more words Assista a “Indígenas Yanomami pedem ajuda contra ataques de … 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 21, 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… 11 more words EL PAÍS Brasil: 8 anos … Continue reading →

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« Once the gold miners arrived where we live … I saw them ravage the river’s sources with the avidity of scrawny dogs. »

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/aaa1-shaman1-1.jpg Yanomami shaman, Amazonas, Venezuela – photo: Barbara Crane Navarro “This is what our elders who are great shamans say. These are the xapiri’s words, which they pass on to us. These are the…

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Ti stai decorando con l’oro? … « La foresta sta sanguinando, lo sento nel mio cuore. »

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/37720052-9122275-image-a-4_1610023703854-1.jpg Foto: Ricardo Stuckert « Serie Indiani Brasiliani?» «?I minatori d’oro versano più mercurio avvelenato sulla terra del peso dell’oro che portano via. Sono come morti viventi, ricoperti di fango dorato. » cacique Raoni…

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Estudo mostra intensa participação da agricultura corporativa no desmatamento ilegal das florestas tropicais —

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Embora a agricultura de subsistência e a exploração madeireira ainda contribuam para o desmatamento, a expansão da agricultura em escala comercial é agora reconhecida como de longe o maior impulsionadora do desmatamento em todo o mundo e, portanto, também das … Continue reading →

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Ricardo Salles e Ministério do Meio Ambiente são alvos de busca e apreensão da Polícia Federal — Brasdangola Blogue

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ricardo Salles e Ministério do Meio Ambiente são alvos de busca e apreensão da Polícia Federal Ricardo Salles e Ministério do Meio Ambiente são alvos de busca e apreensão da Polícia Federal — Brasdangola Blogue

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G1 – Globo: Operação da PF investiga esquema de exportação ilegal de madeira para EUA e Europa — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O ministro do Meio Ambiente, Ricardo Salles, e o presidente do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama), Eduardo Bim, são alvos de uma operação, nesta quarta-feira (19), que investiga exportação ilegal de madeira para Estados … Continue reading →

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¿Te estás decorando con oro? … « La selva está sangrando, lo puedo sentir en mi corazón. »

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/48c9c3eaff5e848da3fb45ff222f7cc4-copie-1.jpg Foto: Ricardo Stuckert «?Serie Indios Brasileños?» «?Los mineros de oro vierten más mercurio envenenado en la tierra que el peso del oro que se llevan. Son como muertos vivientes, cubiertos de barro dorado.…

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