Mr. Smucks, of Nasti Bank Savings and Loan, makes a last ditch effort to persuade the artists to go make money instead (PART5)

In 1991 I created a performance and extended monologue called Big Chairs, at Minor Injury, a gallery in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, as part of the Shredded Money Show. For it I built, with the help of friends, a big paper mache/cardboard bank with board of trustees thrown in. The main protagonist (yours truly) as PR Guy for the Nasti Bank, attempts to get the Bohemian set to part with their dollars to help shore up his beleaguered bank, an institution that has fallen victim to the Savings and Loan Crisis. This is the last part of an hour long performance.

In this section Mr. Smucks shows how dangerous art can be and his deep aversion to its excesses. In desperation he puts his all into persuading artists to give up their futile ways and go concentrate on making money.