Denver Monoliths - Denver, CO - Abstract Public Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Denver Monoliths by Beverly Pepper was commissioned earlier this year with support from a private donor. This abstract, aggregate sculpture—measuring 40 feet high and 12-1/2 feet in diameter—is one of her most spectacular public sculptures anywhere. The plaque reads:

Beverly Pepper
American, born 1924

Denver Monoliths 2005-2006
Composite cementitious material

Acquired through the generosity of
Jana and Fred Bartlit, 2006.64

Beverly Pepper initially gained critical recognition for her stainless steel, Cor-ten, and cast-iron sculptures of monumental scale and immense presence. Throughout her career she has sought to harness sculpture’s materials and techniques to innovative ends, challenge its formal conventions, and, above all, to restore its communicative and symbolic functions. Since the mid-1970s, Pepper’s determination to create a more profound dialogue between sculpture and its natural environment has led to an ongoing commitment to site-specific projects of ever-increasing complexity. Whether of a public or a private nature, each commission reflects the artist’s uncommon sensitivity to the physical characteristics, activities, and indigenous culture of the site.

Pepper has completed numerous environmental and site-specific sculptures in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Included in the exhibition are drawings, models, sculptures, and photographs related to Amphisculpture (1975-76), created for the headquarters of AT&T in rural New Jersey; Sol i Ombra (1986-91), a 115,000 square-foot park in Barcelona; Spazio Teatro Celle (1989-91), an outdoor sculpture-theater near Pistoia; Palingenesis (1992-94), a 227-foot long cast-iron environmental piece in Zurich; Manhattan Sentinels (1993-96), a magisterial group of cast-iron columns in New York City’s Federal Plaza; Denver Monoliths (2005-06), two massive vertical cast-stone elements commissioned as a counterpoint to Daniel Libeskind’s new wing for the Denver Art Museum.

The Denver Art Museum is located in downtown Denver on 13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and most major holidays. The Museum is open late on Wednesdays. Special pricing may apply to featured exhibitions. For more information, call 720-865-5000 or visit the Museum’s website at www.denverartmuseum.org. For information in Spanish, call 720-913-0169.

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