Performing Frogs

Performing Frogs

Performing Frogs at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in 2015
Performing Frogs
Artist David Gilhooly
Year 1982 (1982)
Type Sculpture
Material Ceramic, concrete
Subject Frogs
Condition "Treatment urgent" (1993)
Location Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 44°03′09″N 123°05′35″W / 44.052480°N 123.093111°W / 44.052480; -123.093111Coordinates: 44°03′09″N 123°05′35″W / 44.052480°N 123.093111°W / 44.052480; -123.093111

Performing Frogs is a 1982 sculpture by David Gilhooly, located in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States.

Description

David Gilhooly's Performing Frogs (1982) is a ceramic sculpture depicting frogs performing acrobatics atop six concrete pillars; some of them have birds sitting on their heads. It is installed at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. A nearby plaque reads: PERFORMING FROGS / DAVID GILHOOLY / 1982. The sculpture's condition was deemed "treatment urgent" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in October 1993. It was administered by the City of Eugene then.[1]

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