| Christ Child | |
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The sculpture in 2008
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| Year | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Portland stone |
| Subject | Jesus |
| Location | London, WC2 United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′32″N 0°07′37″W / 51.508845°N 0.127009°W / 51.508845; -0.127009 |
Christ Child, also known as In the Beginning or the Millennium Sculpture,[1] is an outdoor sculpture by Michael "Mike" Chapman, located under the portico of St Martins-in-the-FieldsatTrafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. The opening text from the Gospel of John is inscribed around the sculpture: "In the beginning was the word and the word became flesh and lived among us".[1] Chapman has said of the sculpture: "For the millennium I was commissioned to produce a sculpture to be placed in Trafalgar square, during Christmas prior to the celebrations. It seemed to me that a tiny life-size baby carved from stone in such an enormous environment would be the best way to remind us all of just whose birthday we were celebrating. In a 4.5 tonne block of Portland stone, this work can be found at the entrance to the church."[2] It has been called "strikingly modern".[3]
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