You are looking at an art installation by Nelson Saiers. This work portrays a street vendor selling “rug pulls” in front of the Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC) office, similar to the street vendors commonly seen peddling “fake” luxury products in Manhattan(see 1, 2., or 3). A rug pull in the cryptocurrency world is a scam where developers abandon a project and take their investors' money. In this art work they are rugs with "Pull----->" spray painted on them. The overall simplicity of this installation is designed to reflect the simplicity often found in many of these unlawful scams. Many of these were not intricate schemes (like you encounter with Enron), but rather straightforward acts of theft.
Finally, the items in the small cart add to the story and explain various aspects of these scams.
Background:
Illicit crypto schemes have siphoned off billions of dollars from unsuspecting victims. In the artist's opinion, the SEC's shortcomings extended beyond merely failing to safeguard investors. While he acknowledges they have a very difficult job it seems they were too lax in some ways but also too aggressive in others. He feels their rejection of certain investments may have unfortunately led some investors into more fraudulent products.