A dazzling £150,000 sculpture has been unveiled in West End shopping district St Christopher’s Place, marking the 12th piece of public art to be displayed in central London this year.

The ‘Spirit of St Christopher’ sculpture, which has been planned for three years, measures two metres in length and is covered by hand in over 1000 pieces of mirrored mosaic.

St Christopher’s Place, historically marked by the clock on Oxford Street, will now also be signposted by the sculpture, sitting above the narrow entrance that leads to the popular shopping area, in-between the H&M and O2 shops and opposite Bond Street tube station.

The 12 pieces of public art unveiled in Central London during 2011:

  • Paul Dart of James Glancy Design, Spirit of St Christopher at St Christopher’s Place
  • Stephanie Carlton Smith’s ‘Reaching for Higher Ground’ at Hanover Square
  • Jeff Lowe’s Olympic Sculpture at Berkeley Square
  • X2 Lorenzo Quinn – Vroom Vroom on Park Lane, followed by Hand of God on Park Lane
  • Mauro Perruchetti’s ‘The Jelly Belly Family’ of Marble Arch
  • Bruce Denny’s ‘one man art show’ in Soho Square
  • Jill Berelowitz Core Femme at Cavendish Square
  • Nic Fiddian Green’s Grecian Head at Mount Street Gardens
  • Yuri Gagarin at Spring Gardens
  • Nuestros Silencios at Victoria Tower Gardens by Rivelino
  • Ronald Reagan in Grosvenor Square