Rubber Duck
Rubber Duck
創作自述：Upon seeing the Rubber Duck, people are reminded of their childhood, the unsophisticated and innocent memories of childhood full of odd pleasures. The Rubber Duck, the symbol of love and peace, is coming to Taoyuan! The eye-catching effects prompt enthusiastic discussion and attract audiences to visit and better understand Xinwu, where highlights of development with local characteristics gradually take shape.
Material：PVC, pontoon bridge
弗洛倫泰因·霍夫曼
Florentijn Hofman
荷蘭 Netherlands
Florentijn Hofman was born in 1977 in the Netherlands. He is known for his series of large-scale sculpture works of the yellow rubber ducks, touring the waters of many countries around the world and recalling the memories of innocence in everybody's childhood. Rubber duck first came to Taiwan in 2013 for participating in the first Taoyuan Land Art Festival. Most of Hofman's creations are animalcules close to us and he always uses local materials and re-present them in large scales to attract audiences and call on the people to pay more attention to environment, peace and love.