Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor recognized for large-scale works in steel, iron, and cast bronze, as well as earthbound land sculptures integrated into terrain. Beginning her career as a painter, she turned to sculpture in the late 1950s, creating welded forms that balance geometric precision with rugged materiality.
Pepper’s monumental works often feature tapered or upright prisms, cylinders, and blocks that rise from the ground like markers or guardians. Surfaces may be polished, rusted, or patinated to emphasize texture and endurance.
In the 1970s and 1980s she developed site-specific “earthbound” pieces—sunken plazas, stepped forms, and sculptural landscapes that blur distinctions between sculpture, architecture, and land art.
Throughout her long career, Pepper maintained a commitment to permanence, weight, and the emotional resonance of elemental form.
Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor known for monumental metal and land-based works that engage weight, materiality, and landscape. Her work appears in public spaces worldwide.
Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor known for monumental metal works and site-integrated earth sculptures that explore weight, endurance, and the relationship between object and landscape.
