The Artist as Hephaestus, 34-36 High Holborn (1987)
by londonist
a while ago
Description:
Man, machine, mingled and meshed. This is, somehow, a self portrait, with the artist depicting himself in bronze as Hephaestus, blacksmith and sculptor to the Greek gods. It’s easy to miss, and even harder to photograph, set into an alcove in the hurly-burly of Holborn. And is that a banjo in his hands?