Art on the Davidson College Campus: Featured Sculptors and Artists

Beverly Pepper (1922-2020) is a world-renowned sculptor. Trained originally as a painter, she then studied design and photography at the Art Students League in Brooklyn, NY and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. After switching gears to sculpture, she created works from bronze, cast iron, wood, clay, steel, grass, sand, stone, and more. She is known for her site-specific works and Land Art pieces that embed industrial metals and other materials into the natural environment. Pepper has received many awards for her astonishing works and has been featured in exhibitions across the globe.

For more information about Beverly Pepper, please see the following: 

Pepper, Beverly. Untitled Wedge, 1980. Steel. Davidson College.

Inside New York's Art World: Beverly Pepper & Sarah Faunce, 1979 - Interview with the artist from Duke University archives

Beverly Pepper Artist Interview Earthworks from King County Arts in 1979 (view part 2 here)