Sunday 19 May 2013

The dying duck & fabulous sculptures of Florentijn Hofman

There's something oddly poignant about the death of this big rubber duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman: as air leaked out in Hong Kong harbour this week, one has to ask if Hofman's Rubber Duck Project has perished.. rubber duck.. perished.. got it?!
Check out Florentijn Hofman's many sculptural projects - he's a man with a mission and someone who has succeeded not only in delighting people (especially children, as you'll see from his website) with his artworks but in making a name for himself around the world with large scale sculptures of animals and everyday objects. 
I for one hope Big Rubber Ducky lives to float another day :)

Hofman's Big Yellow Rabbit appeared at Sweden's Orebro OpenART expo in 2011. From www.florentijnhofman.nl