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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.

The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 3 – « Washington – Amazon » 3:44

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Washington – Amazon » alternates scenes from two art installations of my paintings and totemic sculptures in Washington D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, USA, with the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures in the Yanomami village of Arata-Teri in the … Continue reading →

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Os pulmões doentes da Amazônia!

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A região amazônica “tombou” devido ao desmatamento desenfreado. Agora ele emite mais dióxido de carbono do que absorve. Isso já está tendo efeitos devastadores Desmatamento colossal, monoculturas, secas, incêndios. A floresta amazônica está gravemente ameaçada (rebanho de gado durante um incêndio florestal na … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 2 – « The Fire Sculpture » 2:26

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The Fire Sculpture » alternates scenes of the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures at Le Chaufferie in St. Maurice, France, with scenes of Yanomami daily life in their forest and village and the « Fire Performance » burning of … Continue reading →

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Still Happening: Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin – Nature.com

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin – Nature.com https://ift.tt/3kICSW9 Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin  Nature.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Policy, drought and fires combine to affect … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 1 – « The Way of the Shaman » 2:40

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The Way of the Shaman » alternates scenes from an art installation of my paintings and totemic sculptures at the Eyedrum Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with scenes of Yanomami shamanic initiation and daily life in the forest and the village. … Continue reading →

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Na Amazônia, estradas associadas à mineração causam grandes danos ambientais! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O impacto provocado pelas rodovias abertas para acessar minas pode ser 60 vezes maior que as próprias minas    Se implantada, a exploração de 242 depósitos minerais na Reserva Nacional de Cobre e Associados (Renca), que abrange partes de nove … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Little Film! – Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments – DON’T MISS THIS one! A magical 38-second film – “The Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle”!

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

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil, exotic wood, soy, beef, etc. Here’s the 38-second film of the Yanomami boy in … Continue reading →

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A principal infraestrutura da Amazônia é a floresta em pé!

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

A Carta de Alter, documento final do maior encontro de organizações ambientais, associações locais e institutos de pesquisa da Amazônia, defende um desenvolvimento para as pessoas e com o meio ambiente Paisagem interior de uma floresta amazônica intacta Após três … Continue reading →

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¿ARTISTA EN RESIDENCIA CON PUEBLOS INDIGENAS? Entrevista de Barbara Crane Navarro con Leslie Tate

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

Barbara Crane Navarro habla sobre la creación de arte mientras vivía con el pueblo Yanomami en la selva amazónica y quemaba sus esculturas para protestar contra la deforestación. Cita: “Existe una concepción occidental del arte y de los artistas que … Continue reading →

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Here are 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami and ALL Indigenous People! — Palm Oil Detectives

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

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 13 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

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