Artist makes giant penis vase inspired by bankers
LONDON -- The British artist Grayson Perry has revealed two striking new artworks inspired by bankers and financial traders in London.
Perry, who explores contemporary masculinity in a television series for Channel 4, has created an enormous ceramic penis, which he says reflects the domination of men in finance.
"There's no disputing what it is. It's a big cock," Perry says about the phallic artwork.
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In the show Grayson Perry: All Man, the artist spends time with some bankers and a hedge fund manager who admit to enjoying the financial crash of 2008.
The ceramic penis itself is inspired by the gender split of the financial sector, which for senior bankers London, is 84%.
The penis vase is embossed with images of bank notes, while the second artwork, is half bull, half bear -- the two animals associated with financial markets.
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