Facun-Duck by Facundo Yebne | FLY
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Medium: Tiny Resin Ducks (Solid and Glow-in-the-Dark)
Dimensions: 40 x 40 in
Year: 2024
Price: $5650.00 USD
Status: available
Inspired by a French sailor rubber duck, this piece is composed of more than 5,600 tiny resin ducks arranged into a striking mosaic portrait. What began as a playful subject gradually evolved into a self-portrait of the artist during the process of creation. The figure, with its striped sailor shirt, beret, and mustache, is set against a lively seascape of sky, sun, and waves, blending humor, identity, and cultural reference. The work features both solid and glow-in-the-dark ducks. When exposed to UV light, the figure transforms into a radiant, glowing presence that fills the entire room, shifting the piece from a playful surface image into an immersive, luminous environment. This duality between daylight form and UV transformation underscores the artist's practice of turning countless small units into powerful expressions of community, identity, and wonder.
Why collect this work?
Facun-Duck builds a comic sailor portrait from repeated miniature forms, making the tension between individual unit and collective image central to its meaning.
- The artist describes the subject as evolving from a French sailor rubber duck into a self-portrait. That account frames the costume and humor as a form of self-fashioning.
- In the photograph, a frontal yellow figure fills the square composition. Striped clothing, beret, mustache, fish, waves, clouds, and sun compress portraiture and seascape into an emblem-like image.
- The documented medium is solid and glow-in-the-dark resin ducks. Their gridded repetition produces a coarse, pixel-like image, while the reported UV response proposes a second appearance not evidenced by this photograph.
- The work provides a concrete case for considering how massed identical objects can depict an individual. Its shift between tiny duck and larger persona complicates the catalogue’s stated themes of identity and community.
About the Artist
Facundo Yebne | FLY
Facundo Yebne | FLY is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: installations with Rubber Ducks. Based in Miami Beach, US.
Nationality: American
FLY’s work explores unity, resilience, and the shared emotional landscapes that bind individuals into collective narratives.
