Contemplation of Money (Russian: Созерца́ние де́нег, romanized: Sozertsániye déneg) is an conceptual project by the artist Alexey Parygin, realized in the second half of the 1990s, the main semantic element of which were banknotes.

The basis is a group of art objects created using the coins and bills of the Bank of Russia, which were in circulation at the time.

Square, circle, and triangle, the simple geometric shapes chosen as the matrix for mounting the collages, were programmatically predictable and non-alternative, like ideal meditative figures.

The objects were conceived as self-sufficient parts of modular structures with the possibility of variable combination on display, depending on the specific exposition task.

[3] In modern society, Money has long taken the place of God, the sheer speculative idea of its presence giving love and support and faith in eternal life.