FUN Bucks

The Fun Buck of J. S. Boggs. Allow me to explain: fun as in FUN, as in the FUN, or Florida United Nimismatists, Inc. And that's the FUN Buck, by Boggs, J. S. Boggs, the money artist, as Judith Christensen explains:

"He draws money: francs when in Switzerland, dollars in the U.S., pound notes when in England. He doesn't sell his drawings. That's rule number one. Instead he 'spends' them. That's rule number two. So far, he's spent about $250,000 worth of Boggs' bills. Now, does that figure refer to the face value of those bills? Or does it refer to how much they're worth? Even the most elementary statement about Boggs' artwork launches an inquiry into the nature of money, monetary transactions, value, art, abstraction, representation and reproduction. Therein lies its seductive power: it's a simple idea with vast and complex implications. Yet, it's accessible. Everyone uses money; everyone talks about it."