Cromlech Glen
By Beverly Pepper
Category: Miscellaneous
About
This earthwork Cromlech Glen can best be described as a man-made glen, or a long, narrow valley. The terrain was manipulated by earth-moving machines to form a high-walled solid basin with its floor on the natural grade of the land. Its steep walls were covered with sod, and stone steps were embedded in the earth along one end. This site-specific work was designed to be a functional space that could serve as a place for meditation, poetry readings, and small dance or musical performances.
Dimensions: 200′
Year Completed: 2003
Material: Stone, sod
Donor: Laumeier Sculpture Park Commission
About the artist:
Beverly Pepper
b. 1922
Beverly Pepper is a world renowned artist whose brilliant and prolific career has spanned many decades. She was born in New York City in 1922 and studied in Paris at the studio of Fernand Léger. She began her arts career in painting and later moved to sculpture. She has worked in cast iron, bronze, steel, stainless steel, and stone, and in a wide variety of sizes. Pepper is also known for her site-specific projects in which she has incorporated expanses of industrial metals into the landscape, creating large-scale sculptures that were often designed to function as public spaces. Pepper lives and works in Todi, Italy, and New York City.
