Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores in Sarasota in Sarasota County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Beverly Pepper American, 1922-2020
Curvae in Curvae, 2012
| | Corten Steel, edition 1/3 | |
Photographed by Thomas Smith, February 5, 2024
1. Beverly Pepper American, 1922-2020 Marker
Beverly Peeper began her artistic career but turned her attention sculpture after to Angkor Wat in 1960. The effect of time on the Cambodian temple, which appeared to grow with the surround. This is trueing banyan trees had a profound effect on Pepper, who described as a stand transformative experience. This change informed the style that defined sixty year career.
A pioneer in the use of Corten steel in sculpture, peeper explored in her work a relationship between lyrical forms and nature. This is true of Curvae in Curvae which rises out of the ground in a sweeping arc that mimics the trees in the distance.
The antique quality of the sculpture's modern material, coupled with the illusion of weightlessness despite its size and scale, contribute to its contradictory qua[ity and enable it to transcend both time and space. As the artist herself explained, "Obviously we can't rebuild the monuments of the ancient world, but we can aspire to re-evoke, in however modern a world, some of the enduring and perhaps renewable sensations of amazement, even awe."
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1960.
Location. 27° 22.928′
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Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: CaDZan: House of John (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sarasota Bradenton International Airport/Sarasota Army Air Field (approx. 0.6 miles away); Indian Beach (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bay Haven School (approx. 1½ miles away); The Booker Schools (approx. 1.9 miles away); Newtown / Helen R. Payne Day Nursery (approx. 1.9 miles away); Whitfield Estates on Sarasota Bay (approx. 2 miles away); Newtown Community Center/Robert L. Taylor Community Complex (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sarasota.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, February 5, 2024
2. Beverly Pepper American, 1922-2020 Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 12, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
