Performing Frogs
{{Short description|Sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.}}
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| caption = Performing Frogs at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in 2015
| artist = David Gilhooly
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| year = {{start date|1982}}
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| type = Sculpture
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| subject = Frogs
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| condition = "Treatment urgent" (1993)
| city = Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Performing Frogs is a 1982 sculpture by David Gilhooly, in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
Description
David Gilhooly's Performing Frogs (1982) is a ceramic sculpture depicting frogs performing acrobatics that was originally atop six concrete pillars. Some of the frogs have birds sitting on their heads. It is installed at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. A nearby plaque reads: {{Small|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 is administered by the City of Eugene.{{cite web|title=Performing Frogs, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!328725~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=October 2, 2015|archive-date=October 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004211215/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!328725~!0#focus|url-status=live}}
The deteriorating sculpture was later moved indoors, above one of the Hult Center's entrances.{{fact|date=March 2025}}
See also
References
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{{Public art in Eugene, Oregon}}
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Category:1982 establishments in Oregon
Category:Animal sculptures in Oregon
Category:Sculptures of birds in Oregon
Category:Ceramic sculptures in the United States
Category:Concrete sculptures in Oregon
Category:Statues in Eugene, Oregon
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