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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.

Il vero costo dei gioielli di lusso: i cartelli riciclano denaro per droga vendendo oro a sangue a Cartier e altri nel settore del lusso, e lo Yanomami e altri popoli indigeni sta pagando il prezzo – aggiornato!

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

L’oro illegale è il modo più redditizio per i cartelli della droga, i gruppi terroristici, i trafficanti di armi, la mafia, i banchieri senza scrupoli e i commercianti e mediatori di oro internazionali per riciclare denaro perché a differenza della … Continue reading →

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O verdadeiro custo das jóias de luxo: os cartéis lavam dinheiro com drogas vendendo ouro para Cartier e outros no setor de luxo, e os Yanomami e outros povos indígenas estão pagando o preço – atualizado!

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

O ouro ilegal é a maneira mais lucrativa para cartéis de drogas, grupos terroristas, traficantes de armas, a máfia, banqueiros inescrupulosos e comerciantes e corretores internacionais de ouro para lavar dinheiro porque, diferentemente da cocaína, o ouro “legal” se parece … Continue reading →

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Le vrai coût des bijoux de luxe: les cartels blanchissent l’argent de la drogue en vendant l’or de sang à Cartier et à d’autres dans l’industrie du luxe et les Yanomami et autres peuples indigènes en paient le prix – actualisé!

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

L’or illégal est le moyen le plus lucratif pour les cartels de la drogue, les groupes terroristes, les trafiquants d’armes, la mafia, les banquiers sans scrupules ainsi que les négociants et les courtiers internationaux en or de blanchir de l’argent … Continue reading →

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The true cost of your jewelry: Cartels launder drug money selling BLOOD GOLD to Cartier and others in the luxury industry as well as to discount gold shops and the Yanomami and other indigenous people pay the price – update!

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

Illegal gold is the most lucrative way for drug cartels, terrorist groups, arms traffickers, the mafia, unscrupulous bankers as well as international gold traders and brokers to launder money because, contrary to cocaine, gold that’s “legal” looks exactly like illegal … Continue reading →

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La febbre dell’oro, COVID-19 e il genocidio Yanomami – aggiornato

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Temevo questa notizia da quando i primi casi di COVID-19 sono stati riportati in Brasile il 25 febbraio. Adesso è successo Dopo un test di screening del coronavirus, Alvanei Xirizana, un giovane Yanomami di 15 anni, è morto il 10 … Continue reading →

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La fiebre del oro, COVID-19 y el genocidio Yanomami – actualizado

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Temía esta noticia desde que se informaron los primeros casos de COVID-19 en Brasil el 25 de febrero. Ahora ha sucedido. Después de una prueba de detección de coronavirus, Alvanei Xirizana, un joven Yanomami de 15 años, murió el 10 … Continue reading →

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A febre de ouro, COVID-19 e o genocídio Yanomami – atualizado

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Temo essa notícia desde que os primeiros casos de COVID-19 foram relatados no Brasil em 25 de fevereiro. Agora isso aconteceu. Após um teste de triagem de coronavírus, Alvanei Xirizana, um jovem Yanomami de 15 anos morreu em 10 de … Continue reading →

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La fièvre de l’or, COVID-19 et le génocide des Yanomami – actualisé

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Je redoute cette nouvelle depuis que les premiers cas de COVID-19 ont été signalés au Brésil le 25 février. Maintenant c’est arrivé. Après avoir été testé positif pour le coronavirus, Alvanei Xirizana, un jeune Yanomami de 15 ans est décédé … Continue reading →

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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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 in the hospital in Roraima, the … Continue reading →

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AGGIORNAMENTO – TRASGRESSIONE: Il rischio che gli evangelici diffondano inconsapevolmente i coronavirus ai popoli indigeni isolati: i missionari e la pandemia COVID-19/Cancellazione dell’esistenza nativa – Parte 2

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Nel mezzo della pandemia di coronavirus che sta devastando il Brasile, atterrando e decollando dai villaggi nella regione amazzonica di Vale do Javari per contattare ed evangelizzare le comunità indigene in questa regione remota e difficile da raggiungere, i missionari … Continue reading →

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