When Dutch artist Florentijn
Hofman’s inflatable sculpture Rubber duck was reduced to a puddle in
Hong Kong harbour, it gave OTN the opportunity to combine two favoured themes -
the big and the lookalike. Hofman
has created a number of his 15-meter ducks. One was recently floating in Sydney
harbour and is now in storage waiting for a return gig next summer. As the Hong
Kong Duck is down for maintenance we can match it up with Christo’s 1983 Biscayne
Bay installation Surrounded islands. Hofman
also attracted OTN ‘s attention when he made not one but two giant rabbit
sculptures.
Images:
Top left, Rubber duck deflated in Hong Kong and right, one of Christo’s Surrounded islands. Bottom, the Hofman
duck in Sydney
