Women are on full display at Intersect Aspen, at least figuratively speaking. The 2023 edition of the fair features female powerhouse artists, all with dynamic works on view, and exciting projects in progress in their studios and around the world.

“I’ve been very happy with my exhibition record over the years,” says Nanette Carter, who is showing two collage works at Intersect. An artist who has been exhibiting her work nationally and internationally since the mid-1970s, she creates abstract collages expressive of her sensitivity to injustice and humanity in the context of contemporary life and her responses to the drama of nature.

Her two mylar collages, from a series titled “Cantilevered,” will be on view in Berry Campbell’s Booth B13. “There’s a feeling of building and collaging,” says Nanette. “These reflect the idea of great change, a balancing act.” No stranger to balancing acts, Nanette has three upcoming exhibitions on the horizon, including her second showing at Intersect Aspen. “Berry Campbell is really pushing female artists. They really need to be seen and considered.” Another exhibitor, James Barron, will present the work of Beverly Pepper, an artist who passed away in early 2020, but who sat down with James for a series of interviews over several years. Her sculpture on view at Intersect Aspen in Booth B15, “Torre Pieno nel Vuoto,” is a large indoor totemic work executed in stainless steel.

This work has rarely been exhibited since it was first shown in 1968, having remained in one private collection for decades. James once asked Beverly about her work in relation to her gender. He said, “As a woman artist in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, you were clearly a maverick. Can you tell us what it was like then?” to which Beverly replied, “I don’t think I really thought of myself as a woman artist. I can’t tell you what aspect of my work is gendered.” While Beverly never thought of herself or her work as “gendered,” the female form will take up space at Intersect, with a striking work by Nathalia Edenmont of Nancy Hoffman Gallery in Booth A6, Emily Harter’s oil paintings at the OCHI Booth B8, as well as three pieces by Danielle Orchard at Perrotin.

Other female-focused figurative work by women artists at Intersect Aspen this year are a brightly colored series by Hannah Lupton Reinhard at Rusha & Co in Booth A5 and pink-hued paintings in Booth A11 from Sophia Cacciapaglia with SAPAR Contemporary.

It would seem that at Intersect Aspen 2023, in the words of the great Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox, sisters are doin’ it for themselves.