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Performing Frogs

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Year
  
1982 (1982)

Medium
  
Ceramic concrete

Artist
  
David Gilhooly

Type
  
Sculpture

Subject
  
Frogs

Created
  
1982

Performing Frogs

Condition
  
"Treatment urgent" (1993)

Location
  
Eugene, Oregon, United States

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.

References

Performing Frogs Wikipedia