For Immediate Release · 2020
Ken Kelleher’s Seven-Meter Madrigal Installed at Shuizhiyun City Culture Center
The mirror stainless steel sculpture forms a central work within a new public sculpture park.
Kunshan, China
KUSHAN, CHINA — Internationally recognized sculptor Ken Kelleher, also known as Anchorball, has announced the completion, installation or presentation of Madrigal, a major project from his expanding international practice.
Installed in January 2020, Madrigal is a seven-meter mirror-finish stainless steel sculpture forming part of a new sculpture park at the Shuizhiyun City Culture Center.
Part of Kelleher's Elemental practice, the work transforms movement into a resolved monumental form, its reflective surface continually animated by the surrounding landscape and light.
For municipalities, cultural institutions and public-space developers, Madrigal demonstrates the value of a work designed for long-term civic encounter. Its reflective surface allows the surrounding landscape and public to remain active participants in the sculpture over time.
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A sculpture park is a promise a community makes to art. Being the centrepiece of one — a work people return to season after season — is exactly what I want the Elemental pieces to do.— Ken Kelleher (aka Anchorball)
The project forms part of Kelleher’s broader practice across Luminal Pop and Elemental sculpture, spanning monumental public art, private collections, institutional commissions, destination placemaking and artist-led cultural activations. Across these contexts, Kelleher develops works that are immediately recognizable while retaining the material ambition, authorship and permanence required of serious contemporary sculpture.
For collectors, galleries and cultural institutions, the work reflects a practice at an important point of international development. Kelleher’s sculptures are now established across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with projects ranging from unique private commissions and tightly controlled editions to major architectural installations and public-facing cultural experiences.
For developers, hospitality groups and brand partners, the project demonstrates how original contemporary art can create identity, emotional connection and long-term cultural value. Rather than operating as decoration, Kelleher’s work is conceived to become a defining image of its setting: a landmark, gathering point and visual memory that audiences associate directly with the place.