88 x 48 inches center panel
88 x 28 inches left and right panels
THE ADVENTURES OF ACID FROG & FRIENDS is Dawn DeDeaux’s eighth exhibition with the gallery and features digitally-manipulated images printed on mirror and paper. The series renders an array of large-scale (88" x 40") mutant creatures in highly saturated, psychedelic-chemical colors. The leading creature in this series is Acid Frog, a mutant with characteristics of both a frog and a human. Acid Frog is the artist’s creation of what humankind might evolve into once the effects of global warming have gripped the planet and the human race is faced with the hard choices of extinction or evolution into a species that can survive the new anthropogenic biosphere.
The series-in-progress is accompanied by an augmented reality feature that will animate the mutant creatures hopping around on contested contemporary sites, and emerging from mercy lagoons and toxic landscapes, in the spirit of cheaply produced sci-fi movies belonging to a pre-digital age.
