Barbara Crane Navarro

I studied at Rhode Island School of Design and then at the San Francisco Art Institute. 
My art practice for many decades has been informed by time spent with Indigenous communities.
My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest inspires my films and installation projects. 
In 2005, I created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've been publicly burning 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.
I'm now using the movement of light on the sculptures to suggest fire instead of using matches...
Many thanks for your interest in my work!
More information is available in English, Français, Español & Português on my art website at the link below: www.barbaranavarro.com