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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.

L’utilisation de la tribu amazonienne par le marchand d’or Cartier incite les défenseurs autochtones à alléguer l’hypocrisie ! Les Yanomami disent : “Comment une entreprise de bijoux en or, contre laquelle nous, les Yanomami, sommes opposés, peut-elle utiliser l’image des Yanomami ?” & “Quiconque achète une bague en or fait partie du crime !” 

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Est-ce toi ? Enfants Yanomami souffrant de malnutrition et d’empoisonnement au mercure directement liés à l’extraction de l’or. https://www.presse-citron.net/cartier-accuse-dexploiter-limage-dune-tribu-amazonienne/ En effet, Alain Dominique Perrin a été Président de la maison de joaillerie, horlogerie et accessoires en or Cartier de 1975 … Continue reading →

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A IMPORTANCIA DA VEGETAÇÃO SECUNDÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA  — ÁGUA, VIDA & CIA – Fernando José de Sousa

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Em 2016, o INPE – Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, divulgou um interessante estudo sobre as áreas com vegetação secundária na Amazônia. Esse tipo de vegetação cresce em áreas que foram desmatadas, ou seja – são áreas onde a floresta está se … Continue reading →

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Cartier’s use of images of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy! – The Yanomami say: “When someone buys gold in a jewelry store, he is financing more invasions to destroy Indigenous lands!” “Anyone who buys a gold ring is part of the crime.”

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This frame, which was removed from Cartier’s website, features an image of four Yanomami children playing in a lush green field while at the top of the page are links to purchase high-end jewelry. The French luxury jewelry brand said … Continue reading →

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Estudo: Desmatamento zero é melhor chance do Brasil avançar em performance climática!

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Relatório de Transparência Climática mostra matriz energética mais suja e dinheiro público financiando combustíveis fósseis A rápida redução do desmatamento para zero é uma das oportunidades mais importantes para o Brasil melhorar sua ação climática, de acordo com a mais … Continue reading →

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Gold merchant Cartier’s use of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy. Cartier uses images of Indigenous people devastated by illegal gold mining! – What is Cartier/Cartier Foundation, exactly?

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This frame, which was removed from Cartier’s website, features an image of four Yanomami children playing in a lush green field while at the top of the page are links to purchase high-end jewelry. The French luxury jewelry brand said … Continue reading →

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Ecocide and Enbridge — Challenge

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mustafa Harabou writes on the Enbridge corporation’s environmental destruction alongside the failures of Western governments in combatting pollution. Ecocide and Enbridge — Challenge

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 she studied at Rhode Island School of Design, then she went on to study at the … Continue reading →

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The threats facing the Peruvian Amazon – The Brazilian Report

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The threats facing the Peruvian Amazon – The Brazilian Report https://ift.tt/IPY3rFR The threats facing the Peruvian Amazon  The Brazilian Report Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/uexjyAX The threats facing the Peruvian Amazon – The Brazilian Report —

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One Gold Band = Twenty TONS of TOXIC Waste! Yes, to make just One Gold Band, there is Twenty TONS of Toxic Waste ! Please DO NOT BUY GOLD for any reason!

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

written by Mary K. Doyle and posted on “Midwest Mary”, Thursday, May 11 2023  Environment, Jewelry, Mining Pollution  We do love our luxuries and conveniences. Gold, silver, diamonds, and precious jewels make us feel sophisticated, elegant, and important. But how many of us … Continue reading →

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Estudo: Desmatamento zero é melhor chance do Brasil avançar em performance climática!

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Relatório de Transparência Climática mostra matriz energética mais suja e dinheiro público financiando combustíveis fósseis A rápida redução do desmatamento para zero é uma das oportunidades mais importantes para o Brasil melhorar sua ação climática, de acordo com a mais … Continue reading →

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