{{Short description|Sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.}} {{Notability|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox artwork | title = Performing Frogs | image = Performing Frogs, Eugene, Oregon.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = ''Performing Frogs'' at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in 2015 | artist = David Gilhooly | catalogue = | year = {{start date|1982}} | completion_date = <!-- For a more specific date (post-1583): {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | type = Sculpture | material = {{Flatlist| * Ceramic * concrete }} | subject = Frogs | height_imperial = <!-- (i.e. in imperial units) --> | width_imperial = | length_imperial = | diameter_imperial = | dimensions = | dimensions_ref = | metric_unit = cm <!-- Note: this parameter must either use the value given or not be included --> | imperial_unit = in <!-- Note: this parameter must either use the value given or not be included --> | condition = "Treatment urgent" (1993) | city = Eugene, Oregon, United States | museum = | accession = | coordinates = {{coord|44.052480|-123.093111|display=inline,title}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | owner = | preceded_by = <!-- preceding work by the same artist --> | followed_by = <!-- next work by the same artist --> | website = <!-- Official webpage/site only: {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''''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.<ref name=SI>{{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}}</ref>
The deteriorating sculpture was later moved indoors, above one of the Hult Center's entrances.{{fact|date=March 2025}}
==See also== * 1982 in art * Frogs in popular culture
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{{Public art in Eugene, Oregon}} {{Portal bar|Oregon|Visual arts}}
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