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Beverly Pepper – Normanno Column
Beverly Pepper’s original intent behind the “Normanno Column” was to create sculptures made from cast iron. She created a series of these sculptures between the 1970’s to the 1990’s. The plaque next to the sculpture at Western Washington University states… Continue Reading →
Group 15’s assigned piece was the Normanno Column by Beverly Pepper. The video below is their response. An Artist Statement: Walking across campus one might not notice the extent of depth to which artists have placed in their pieces across… Continue Reading →
About Beverly Pepper: Beverly Pepper, a world-renowned sculptor, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. Pepper began her artistic career as a painter, and it wasn’t until she took a trip to the temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia that… Continue Reading →
Normanno Column was constructed (welded) between 1979 and 1980. The sculpture has quite fascinating in design. It vaguely resembles a totem pole, in a much more minimalist, cubist, modern fashion. There is a line split directly down the middle of… Continue Reading →
Beverly Pepper, a renowned Italian artist born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922, attended Pratt Institute at the mere age of 16. Initially, she intended to study advertising design, photography, and industrial design, but in her early years she worked… Continue Reading →
About the artist Beverly Pepper was born December 20, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. Although she was originally a painter, her sculpture debut took place in 1962 consisting of an exhibit of carved tree trunks located in Rome. Pepper worked mainly… Continue Reading →