The “Bank Roll Money Melt” [Meltdown] Paintings

“We live by the Golden Rule.
Those who have the Gold make the Rules.”  ~  Buzzie Bavasi

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The “Bank Roll Money Melt” [Meltdown] Paintings

The idea for the “Bank Roll Money Melt” paintings came from my childhood favorite toy
and a walk along Wall Street in New York City.

As a child, I loved to play with Silly Putty, spending hours pressing it,
transferring images of the Sunday comics, to stretch and distort them.

In 1996, I temped at an investment firm in the financial district.
One day walking to work, I overheard a conversation by two businessmen walking along Wall Street…..

“This country isn’t about class or culture.
America is about money.
You will be worshipped and revered when you have money.
If you lose your money or don’t have it, you’re nothing.”

So what is money? After all, it is just a piece of richly engraved greenish artwork on fine paper,
limited edition prints of artwork created and printed by a single Federal source.

Or, is it more than that?

Perhaps it is our mindset about it:
whether it is positive or negative,
rigid or contorted, silly or serious….

Each painting roughly measures 40 inches x 60 inches (102 cm x 152 cm). The medium used is acrylic on canvas.