"Space & Gesture: The Paintings of Vincent Pepi" exhibit at Deutsch Gallery, New York City, 1992

"Amid the large number of American participants in the development and spread of Abstract Expressionism in the late 40's and early 50's, Vincent Pepi produced a body of work representing a serious, distinctive vision worthy of individual consideration." After having studied at both Pratt Institute and Cooper Union in New York, Pepi spent 2 years painting in Rome, before returning to America. His art continues in the exploration of semi-illusionistic abstract phenomena, at times evoking a nearly palpable though fluctuant sense of space, that comprises an intriguing personal deviation from the American Abstract Expessionist norm, so often given to the pursuit of flatness of form and color. As on going research enriches the already remarkable story of mid-20th- Century painterly abstraction in America, Vincent Pepi's vital, vibrant oeuvre of small scale gestures and spatial inventivness offers timely reminder that much remains in this field to be appreciated anew."

Partially excerpted from catalogue essay "Space & Gesture:The Paintings of Vincent Pepi" exhibit at Duetsch Gallery, New York City,1992