How did Banksy put up a statue in central London?
Key takeaways
- In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, the artist showed glimpses of how he was able to install the plinth in the early hours of Wednesday.
- Although the artwork itself would have been months in the making, the operation itself would have been swift.
- You can see yellow traffic cones marking off the area as a large vehicle pulls up before deploying lorry-load stabilisers and someone in an orange hi-viz vest.
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Harry Low London PA Media. The statue appeared on a plinth in Waterloo Place on Wednesday"The great thing about Banksy artwork is that it makes life so much more exciting in the best possible way," says one of the comments beneath the street artist's latest installation.
Under the cover of darkness, the man whose identity is not officially known installed a statue on a plinth in the heart of London showing a besuited man walking forward off a plinth, apparently blinded by a flag covering his face.
Banksy used Instagram to confirm the Waterloo Place statue was hisJames Peak, creator of the BBC podcast series The Banksy Story, asked a question many people have been left wondering: "How has he got a low-loader to there with all the security and put up a massive resin statue?"