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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 Valor do Ouro que eles tanto ambicionam – Nossos bens reais são as coisas da floresta: suas águas, seus peixes, sua caça, suas árvores e seus frutos. Sem mercadoria! »

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Quando um ser humano morre, seu fantasma não carrega nenhum de seus bens nas costas do céu, mesmo que ele fosse muito ganancioso. As coisas que ele fez ou adquiriu são deixadas na terra e atormentam os vivos revivendo … Continue reading →

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Are you hungry? Eat your money! — News from Ibonoco

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

DJ Dag – Alcatraz – Peyotte ” Quand ils auront coupé le dernier arbre, pollué le dernier ruisseau, pêché le dernier poisson. Alors ils s’apercevront que l’argent ne se mange pas. “ Tatanka Yotanka ou Sitting Bull ou Taureau assis … Continue reading →

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« La Valeur de l’Or qu’ils convoitent tant – Nos vrais biens sont les choses de la forêt: ses eaux, ses poissons, son gibier, ses arbres et ses fruits. Pas de marchandise! »

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Lorsqu’un être humain meurt, son fantôme ne transporte aucun de ses biens sur le dos du ciel, même s’il était très avide. Les choses qu’il a faites ou acquises sont laissées sur terre et tourmentent les vivants en ravivant … Continue reading →

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« The Value of the Gold they covet so much – Our real goods are the things of the forest: its waters, fish, game, trees and fruit. Not merchandise! »

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« When a human being dies, his ghost does not carry any of his goods onto the sky’s back, even if he is very greedy. The things he made or acquired are left on earth and only torment the living by … Continue reading →

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ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

(Questo video contiene immagini stroboscopiche – si consiglia la sorveglianza del visualizzatore) Guarda (versione inglese): https://bit.ly/ShamanMessage versión portuguesa: https://bit.ly/MensagemdoXama “Ehi, guardaci! Ti vediamo Cerchiamo di mostrartelo Non ti sei mai preso la briga di imparare la nostra lingua Guardavi sempre … Continue reading →

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ESCUCHE EL MENSAJE DEL CHAMAN YANOMAMI

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

(Este video contiene imágenes estroboscópicas: se recomienda la vigilancia del espectador) Ver (versión en inglés): https://bit.ly/ShamanMessage (versión portuguesa): https://bit.ly/MensagemdoXama “¡Oye, míranos! Te vemos Tratamos de mostrarte Nunca te molestaste en aprender nuestro idioma Siempre estabas mirando hacia abajo Te avisamos … Continue reading →

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ESCUTE A MENSAGEM DO XAMàYANOMAMI

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

(Este vídeo contém imagens estroboscópicas – recomenda-se vigilância do espectador) Assistir:  https://bit.ly/MensagemdoXama (versão em inglês): https://bit.ly/ShamanMessage “Ei – olhe para nós! Nós vemos você Tentamos te mostrar Você nunca se preocupou em aprender nossa língua Você estava sempre olhando para … Continue reading →

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ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

(Cette vidéo contient des images stroboscopiques – la vigilance du spectateur est conseillée) Regarder (version anglais ou version portugaise):  https://bit.ly/ShamanMessage https://bit.ly/MensagemdoXama « Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la … Continue reading →

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LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Watch video: https://bit.ly/ShamanMessage (This video contains flashing images – viewer discretion is advised) “Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down We’ve been … Continue reading →

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LA MOSTRA È ESTESA – “Pas de Cartier !” – Gli Yanomami e gli alberi – Estrazione di oro e oro di lusso / COVID-19 diffuso dai miniere d’oro … prorogato fino al 12 novembre 2021

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aaaa-1-shaman-4.jpg “Gli sciamani Yanomami combattono contro lo xawara, il fumo delle epidemie”installazione – tecnica mistaBarbara Crane Navarro “Gli sciamani Yanomami che combattono l’epidemia di xawara vedono apparire l’immagine della malattia sotto forma di bande…

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