Holly Crawford
Art Adoption--Looking for a New Relationship
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At this time my adoption project is only available through the Fine Art Adoption Network. That is a permanent adoption. Very little work that was conditionally adopted through the project that I started are not longer available.

Some of the work is in NYC and others are in DC, New Haven and other parts. Most has not been returned and most "mothers" have not sent in names or developmental history.

Further work needs to be done to understand and resolve these situations for all parties.

--HC '08

case #30
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oil on canvas 30x40 2003

Father: Unknown Mail Artist
Mother: Holly Crawford
Sign: The Fish, no other information

This project is part of the Fine Art Adoption Network

Fine Art Adoption Network

Some Cases--

Lillian Fellmann & "Solvaz"

Barbara Rosenthal

Peter Frank & "Runtenpfenning"

Jodi Patterson's Art Adoption Blog

 
 
Case #21 has been adopted,  8/22/05 by  Jodi Patterson, who lives in Michigan. She has now moved to West Virginia.   I have never meet her, but she seems like she would be a "good enough mother." Personality before adoption: likes nature. Was born under a water sign.  Curious and adaptive.
 
Father:unknown  mail artist, possibly from the south.   Interested in reptiles
Mother:Holly Crawford
 

Case # 21
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oil on canvas

A collaborative art project. Van Gogh shoved them under Theo's bed.  Baldassari burnt them. Looking for a new relationship. Looking for a safe stable, loving home with a "good enough mother." Preference will be given to institutions and individuals regardless of race, creed or sexual preference. Art in this program may never be owned, and it is always evolving relationship. No abuse will be tolerated. Social Contract is required. Some art has been named. It was in foster care. Those works and others are looking for something more permanent. You must name  the art and you adopt and  provide me with  photographs, and a narrative of  its history. I need  social interaction and it development. Identity. What is it? How does it develop? What is in a name? What is a relationship? How do I handle abuse?

History and Statement: During the Pool Art Fair in New York  City in July 2005, many  cases were adopted. One during the opening night by Peter Frank.   Two  cases are at the JStor under the care of  Barbara  Rockenback;  one is at  Helen Keller International in the care of Jennifer Klopp; Michael Liss adopted a small one for his office; S. David adopted one virtually and is writing a poem; Amanda Kadosh adopted a small one for her home. Jorn and Laura Holl commissioned an adoption. Jorn saw a stamp and asked if I would paint one from that stamp the  engraving marks found in a German stamp from the 1920, when they were experiencing a hyper-inflation.  The stamp is 100000 Mark stamp, now that was postage. I never received the poem.   
 
These are conceptual paintings.  I have painted a series of paintings using the found engraving marks the I have recovered from old postage stamps that belonged to my father and husband.  Most of the stamps were cancelled.  Who sent them?  What was in the letters? I don't know. I paint only a fragment of the information in new colors.  I then ask others to adopt and give then a name and a history. What is history? What is our relationship to art?  

Cases looking for a new relationship.  Looking for a "good enough mother." Please adopt me! Name me! Nuture me! Give me a history!
 

Case # 004
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oil on canvas, 12x12, 2002-2003

Case # 004, was adopted by July 18, 2005 by Jennifer Klopp, the Helen Keller International.
 
Father: unknown mail artist
 
Mother: Holly Crawford
 
Personality: dark and moody, needs supportive environment (it is possble that the testing results are not accurate). Or was that quietly dynamic.  

Case # 007
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oil on canvas, 12x 12, 2002-2003

Father: unknown mail artist
 
Mother: Holly Crawford
 
Personality: bright and sunny, but a little knotted up
 
This case was nutured for one night by Peter Frank.  His name and other loving thoughts will be posted shortly. 

Case #009 was adopted last year.  It has been returned.  Please click on link below for information on its development and pictures.

case # 009, adopted 9/04
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oil on case 12"x12" 2003-2004

Father: Unknown mail artist
 
Mother: Holly Crawford
 
Personality: ISFP, focused, pushes self, a little isolated, more flexible than first appears
 
Adopted by Lilly Fellmann in Los Angeles. She told me that it arrived safe and sound. I don't know what its new home looks like. She now lives in New York and retuned it in July.

case #003
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oil on canvas, 12"x12" 2003

Father: Unknown Mail Artist
Mother: Holly Crawford
Personality: test result are not yet available

Case # 15
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oil, 30x 40, 2003

Father:Unknown Mail Artist
Mother: Holly Crawford
Personality: Extroverted, high maintenance, explosive, high energy

Father: Unknown Mail Artist
Mother: Holly Crawford
Personality: Testing Underway

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