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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.

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

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« 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. » – cacique Raoni Metuktire La extracción de oro y el uso indiscriminado … Continue reading →

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Você está se enfeitando com ouro? … « A floresta está sangrando, eu posso sentir no meu coração. »

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Os garimpeiros derramam mais mercúrio envenenado na terra do que o peso de ouro que levam embora. Eles são como mortos-vivos, cobertos de lama dourada. » cacique Raoni Metuktire A mineração de ouro e o uso indiscriminado de mercúrio para encontrar … Continue reading →

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Portez-vous de l’or? … «La forêt saigne, je la sens dans mon cœur. »

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

«Les mineurs d’or versent plus de mercure empoisonné sur la terre que le poids de l’or qu’ils emportent. Ils sont comme des morts-vivants, couverts de boue dorée. » cacique Raoni Metuktire VEUILLEZ NE PAS ACHETER OU UTILISER DE L’OR! L’exploitation … Continue reading →

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Are You Wearing Gold? … « The forest is bleeding, I can feel it in my heart. »

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The gold miners pour more poison mercury on the earth than the weight of the gold they take away. They are like living dead, covered in golden mud. »  – cacique Raoni Metuktire Gold mining and the indiscriminate use of mercury to … Continue reading →

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L’arte è solo un altro oggetto di lusso? Senza Cartier! – Aggiornato! — Tiny Life

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: La Fondazione Cartier presenta la mostra “La lotta Yanomami” in quanto gli Yanomami stanno attualmente combattendo contro l’industria dell’oro che sta distruggendo il loro territorio e contro i cercatori dell’oro che diffondono il coronavirus. … Continue reading →

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¿El arte es solo otro artículo de lujo? ¡Sin Cartier! – ¡Actualizado! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Tiny Life:
https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/12-peligro.jpg La Fundación Cartier presenta la exposición “La Lucha Yanomami” mientras los Yanomami luchan actualmente contra la industria del oro que está destruyendo su territorio y contra los buscadores que propagan el coronavirus. Sí, la…

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Is Art just another luxury item? – Pas de Cartier ! – updated ! — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro:
https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisbon-amazon-1-e1583002729323.jpg The Fondation Cartier presents the exhibition « The Yanomami Struggle » while the Yanomami are struggling against the gold industry which is destroying their territory and against the gold miners who are spreading the coronavirus!…

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L’art – est-il juste un autre objet de luxe? Pas de Cartier ! – actualisé! — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro:
https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blood-gold.jpg La Fondation Cartier présente l’exposition « La lutte Yanomami » tandis que les Yanomami luttent actuellement contre l’industrie de l’or qui détruit leur territoire et contre les orpailleurs qui propagent le coronavirus !  Oui, la…

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A arte é apenas outro item de luxo? Sem Cartier! – Atualizada! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Tiny Life:
https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/genocidio.png A Fundação Cartier apresenta a exposição « A Luta Yanomami » enquanto os Yanomami lutam atualmente contra a indústria do ouro que está destruindo seu território e contra os garimpeiros que espalham o coronavírus! Sim, a…

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Is Art just another luxury item? – Pas de Cartier ! – updated ! — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The Fondation Cartier presents the exhibition « The Yanomami Struggle » while the Yanomami are struggling against the gold industry which is destroying their territory and against the gold miners who are spreading the coronavirus! Yes, the Cartier Foundation “supports” a people, … Continue reading →

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