Love by Facundo Yebne | FLY
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Medium: Mini Rubber Ducks
Dimensions: 80 x 95 cm
Year: 2025
Price: $15000.00 USD
Status: available
UnityBeak LOVE is part of the UnityBeak Trilogy, a monumental sculptural series by FLY that transforms a universally playful object into a powerful symbol of human connection. Composed of thousands of individual rubber ducks, each one distinct yet inseparable from the whole, LOVE embodies the idea that unity is built through care, empathy, and shared responsibility. The duck form, intentionally familiar and disarming, invites viewers of all ages and backgrounds to engage without barriers. From a distance, the sculpture reads as a singular, iconic presence. Up close, it reveals a dense mosaic of individual elements, mirroring how communities are formed through many voices coming together in harmony. LOVE represents compassion as an active force. Not passive or abstract, but constructed through participation, patience, and intention. Each duck functions as a metaphor for the individual, small on its own, essential within the collective. The work asks viewers to reflect on how love operates in society, not as a feeling alone, but as a structure we build together. Originally presented as a large scale public installation, UnityBeak LOVE has become a widely photographed and shared symbol of togetherness. It exists at the intersection of contemporary sculpture, social practice, and cultural iconography, offering both visual impact and lasting emotional resonance. As part of the UnityBeak Trilogy, LOVE stands alongside HOPE and RESILIENCE, forming a narrative arc that speaks to the human capacity to connect, endure, and imagine a more unified future.
Why collect this work?
Love converts a single duck into a visibly composite figure, using abrupt colour zones and repeated toy forms to hold cheerful recognition against structural complexity.
- FLY states that accumulation represents connection and shared humanity. In this sculpture, that intention gains formal clarity because the collective remains countable at the surface rather than disappearing into a seamless whole.
- The photograph shows a swollen profile, oversized eye and projecting orange beak. Irregular areas of pink, green, blue and violet cut across the body, resisting the orderly pattern expected from repetition.
- The catalogued medium is mini rubber ducks. As modular units, they permit projecting contours and segmented colour without concealing the familiar objects from which the larger figure is assembled.
- Dated 2025 and catalogued at 80 by 95 cm, Love is a focused case for considering whether an accessible toy image can sustain a claim about interdependence while retaining comic excess.
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.
