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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.

El Arte del Greenwashing – “Lavado verde” por comerciantes de lujo y la muerte de la naturaleza y los pueblos indígenas … en sus propias palabras … – La gente de la mercancía de oro y diamantes – actualizado

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

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aaa-cartier-milano-1.jpg “Su verdadera naturaleza # 1 – Fondation Cartier”fotos: Fundación Cartier – Luc Boegly / minería de oro – João Laet?foto de Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela y foto-montaje – Barbara Crane Navarro En…

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A Arte do Greenwashing – “Lavagem verde” por Mercadores de Luxo e Morte da Natureza e Povos Indígenas … em suas próprias palavras … – O Povo das Mercadorias de Ouro e Diamante – atualizado

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

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aaa-cartier-milano.jpg “Sua verdadeira natureza # 1 – Fondation Cartier?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? fotos: Fundação Cartier – Luc Boegly / garimpo de ouro – João Laet ? ?…

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L’Art du Greenwashing par les marchands de luxe et de la mort de la nature et des peuples indigènes … dans leurs propres mots … – Le peuple de la Marchandise d’Or et de Diamant –

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

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/aaa-cartier-milano-1.jpg “Leur vraie nature #1 – Fondation Cartier“photos: Fondation Cartier – Luc Boegly / site minier d’or – João Laet? /? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?…

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Ailton Krenak : « Les Blancs veulent manger le monde. Et nous, nous sommes le monde » (Idées pour retarder la fin du monde) — DIACRITIK — Transformations

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ailton Krenak est l’un des plus importants leaders autochtones au Brésil. Engagé dans la lutte écologiste et la […] Ailton Krenak : « Les Blancs veulent manger le monde. Et nous, nous sommes le monde » (Idées pour retarder la fin du monde) … Continue reading →

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The Art of Greenwashing by the Luxury Merchants of the Death of Nature and Indigenous peoples…in their own words… – The People of Gold and Diamond Merchandise – updated

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/aaa-cartier-milano.jpg “Their True Nature #1- Cartier Foundation”photos: Fondation Cartier – Luc Boegly / gold mining site – João Laet?photo of Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela and photomontage – Barbara Crane Navarro The Art of…

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« Dopo l’arrivo dei minatori d’oro … la foresta era in rovina e piena di fumo xawara epidemico. Gli antichi sciamani che sapevano come far ballare l’immagine degli spiriti morirono con questi vapori mortali. »

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Siamo andati nei buchi d’oro dove lavoravano i cercatori. … Ce n’erano davvero tanti qui, molti di più di noi! Scavarono vaste trincee fiancheggiate da enormi cumuli di ghiaia dappertutto per trovare la polvere scintillante che cercavano instancabilmente nei torrenti. … Continue reading →

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« Después de que llegaron los Mineros de oro … el bosque estaba en mal estado y lleno de humo epidémico de xawara. Los antiguos chamanes que supieron hacer bailar la imagen de los espíritus murieron con estos vapores mortales. »

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Fuimos a los agujeros de oro donde trabajaban los buscadores. … ¡Realmente había muchos de ellos aquí, muchos más que nosotros! Cavaron vastas zanjas alineadas con enormes montones de grava por todo el lugar para encontrar el polvo brillante … Continue reading →

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« Depois que os garimpeiros chegaram … a floresta ficou ruim e cheia de fumaça epidêmica de xawara. Os antigos xamãs que sabiam fazer a imagem dos espíritos dançar morreram com esses vapores mortais. »

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Fomos aos buracos de ouro onde trabalhavam os garimpeiros. … Realmente havia muitos deles aqui, muitos mais do que nós! Eles cavaram valas vastas alinhadas com enormes pilhas de cascalho por todo o lugar para encontrar a poeira brilhante que … Continue reading →

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« Après l’arrivée des chercheurs d’or… la forêt était devenue mauvaise et remplie de fumées épidémiques de xawara. Les anciens chamans qui savaient faire danser l’image des esprits étaient morts de ces fumées mortelles. »

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Nous sommes allés dans les trous d’or où travaillaient les orpailleurs. … Ils étaient vraiment très nombreux ici, bien plus que nous! Ils avaient creusé de vastes fossés bordés d’énormes tas de gravier partout pour trouver la poussière brillante … Continue reading →

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« After the gold prospectors arrived … the forest had become bad and was filled with xawara epidemic fumes. The shaman elders who knew how to make the spirits’ image dance had died of these deadly fumes. »

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« We went to the gold holes where the garimpeiros were working. … there were really very many of them here, far more than us!  They had dug vast ditches bordered with huge gravel heaps all over the place to find … Continue reading →

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