Monday, September 7, 2009

Boggs

"Boggs is a performance artist and monetary draftsman who exchanges original renderings of paper currency for goods and services. He will go into a bar, order a drink, and present a drawing of, say, the back of a five dollar bill in payment. If it is accepted, he asks for a receipt and change, which he then sells to his collectors, who track down the original drawing and try to buy it. The complete transaction--drawing, change, receipt--constitutes Boggs's art. One Boggs transaction was auctioned for $420,000 . . ."

-Robert Boynton writing about Lawrence Weschler, who wrote about Boggs.

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