Turner Prize nominee, David Mach, said he chose Chester Cathedral because the scale of the piece and the grandeur of the building.
The piece, Golgotha, is almost six metres tall and made entirely out of coat hangers.
It represents a depiction of the crucifixion.
David Mach said: "I work in so many different ways with so many different materials using so many different processes in order to feed the need of my themes - excess, extravagance, individuality, survival.
"I want blood and guts in my work ... jealousy, rape, mayhem, pestilence, famine and flood. Love, peace, hope, sex and lust!"
Golgotha is situated in the South Transept where Mach's contemporary depiction of the crucifixion contrasts with the cathedral's 14th Century surroundings.
It took a special team five days to set the piece up due to its size.
Artist, Mach, says he is influenced by Pop Art and consumerism, and brings a sense of drama and performance in his work.
His work is seen by some as contraversial and uses lots of mass-produced objects, like magazines, coat hangers, newspapers and car tyres
Mr Mach said: "Golgotha is my largest coat hanger piece to date, made for the original Precious Light anniversary show in 2011.
"I wanted this sculpture to be dramatic.
"It is an epic, violent scene.
"So the sculpture needed to have as much pathos as possible.
"I extruded the coat hanger hooks outward to reflect that and to me they seem to capture the agony of the moment."
The sculpture can be bought for £1,200,000.
