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"...Pepper is ever mindful of history. Almost without exception, her sculptures may be read as timeless references that nevertheless maintain a vital dialogue between past and present, between primary sculptural forms -- whether geometric or organic -- and the antecedents of ceremonial sculpture.  

Like the builders of the pyramids, ancient temples, and other heroic monuments and memorials of the past, Pepper invests the pastoral and urban spaces of contemporary society with a ritual and spiritual aura.  She has had exceptional results, which are a rarity in the history of art. She has dealt with the environment in new, exciting, monumental ways and thus must be considered one of the most important sculptors of our time."

Douglas G. Schultz
Director
Albright-Knox Art Gallery 

The above quotation was taken from the Introduction by Douglas Schultz for the catalogue "Beverly Pepper" at the Contemporary Art Center, Tokyo, Japan, 1990.