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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.

Half bear, half bull.

Image : channel 4

"There’s no disputing what it is. It’s a big cock," Perry says about the phallic artwork.

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%. Read more... More about Art , Lifestyle , and Work Play