Rhonda Wall, Volcanic, 2018. Courtesy Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
By PAUL LASTER, July 2020
Featuring 110 art and design galleries from 28 countries, the virtual version of Intersect Aspen (formerly Art Aspen) brings a global point of view to the picturesque alpine resort, which has become a haven for art collectors over the past 20 years.
Home to the Shigeru Ban-designed Aspen Art Museum, which is currently presenting solo shows of works by Kelly Akashi, Maren Hassinger, Oscar Murillo, Rose Wylie and Lisa Yuskavage, and to the artists workshops oriented Anderson Ranch Art Center, which invited artists—including Petah Coyne, Elliott Hundley and Fred Tomaselli—to make exquisite corpse drawings for it’s Un-Gala fundraiser and has the outdoor sculpture show Socially Distanced, with works by Ghada, Amer, Sanford Biggers, Paula Crown and others, on view through September 2021, Aspen annually attracts artists, curators and collectors from around the world.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s physical fair was replaced by an online exhibition with viewing rooms presenting an international array of art and design. We’ve picked some of our favorite works—ranging from Rhonda Wall’s collage paintings tackling our ever-changing social circumstances at Paris’ Galerie Anne de Villepoix and Adrienne Elise Tarver’s depiction of contemporary black women as Three Graces at Victori+Mo Contemporary from New York to Nick Knight large-scale, photographic still lives of luscious floral arrangements at Albion Barn from Oxford and OrtaMiklos and Otto du Plessis’ fantastical furniture designs at New York’s Friedman Benda and Cape Town’s Southern Guild, respectively.
Scroll through the images below to view our favorite pieces from the fair, which runs through July 26, 2020. WM
Alberto Di Fabio, Pensieri allo stato liquido, 2018. Courtesy Umberto Di Marino, Milan
Anjel, One world I , 2020. Courtesy Out of Africa Gallery, Barcelona
Molly Hatch, Similis, USA, 2017, 2017. Courtesy Todd Merrill Studio, New York
Barry McGee, Untitled, 2020. Courtesy V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Fuad Hamdi, Untitled 2, 2020. Courtesy Hafez Gallery, Jeddah
Iabadiou Piko, Benturan Bentuk #2 " Persepsi Dalam Ruang ", 2019. Courtesy Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
OrtaMiklos, World-Tortoise, 2020. Courtesy Friedman Benda, New York
Alia Ali, Ikat Ruby, 2019. Courtesy Galerie SINIYA28, Marrakech
:mentalKLINIK, Airless1507, 2015. Courtesy Eugster || Belgrade
Adébayo Bolaji, Transmissions, 2019. Courtesy Beers London
Hawkins Bolden, Untitled (Scarecrow with Hubcap and Four Tongues), 1980s. Courtesy SHRINE, New York
Adrienne Elise Tarver, Three Graces, 2019. Courtesy VICTORI+MO CONTEMPORARY, New York
Nadia Ayari, Untitled (Lasso II), 2020. Courtesy Taymour Grahne, London
Anthony Goicolea, Pigeon, 2019. Courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
Andrea Belag, Beachcomber 7, 2018. Courtesy Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis
Zeke Williams, Overview, Grand Tetons, 2019. Courtesy Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas
Jean David Nkot, #Surface technician.org, 2019. Courtesy Afikaris, Paris
Letha Wilson, Re-Photogram New Hampshire New York (Corner Tuck), 2020. Courtesy GRIMM, Amsterdam and New York
Wadsworth Jarrell, I Remember Bill, 1995. Courtesy Kavi Gupta, Chicago
Otto du Plessis, Rooster Table and Mirror, 2020. Courtesy Southern Guild, Cape Town
Gerardo Tan, After Collage 5.17.8, 2017. Courtesy 856G, Mandaue
Cayce Zavaglia, Unseen, 2019. Courtesy William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis
Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh & Hesam Rahmanian, Madame Tussauds VI, 2015. Courtesy Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai
Joan Bankemper, Red Delicious, 2019. Courtesy Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Endy Hupperich, Yes, 2017. Courtesy Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City
Asad Faulwell, Les Femmes D’Alger #88, 2020. Courtesy Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
Marcin Maciejowski, A. E. (Anita Eckberg), 2004. Courtesy Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Antony Micallef, SELF-PORTRAIT 5, 2016. Courtesy Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong and Shanghai
Zaid Shawwa, Family home, 2018. Courtesy Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Amman
Fahamu Pecou, Black Skin White Masks, 2020. Courtesy Lyons Wier Gallery, New York
Elisabeth Condon, Rock Stackers, 2010. Courtesy Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami
Sorel Etrog, Rushman III Study, 1976. Courtesy Edel Assanti, London
David Humphrey, Crashed, 2020. Courtesy Fredericks & Freiser, New York
Moath Al-Ofi, The Last Tashahhud LI, 2017. Courtesy Athr Gallery, Jeddah
Derrick Adams, Self Portrait on Float, 2019. Courtesy Galerie Maximillian, Aspen
Jannis Varelas, SWABO, 2018. Courtesy The Breeder, Athens
Thornton Dial, Freedom Riders, n.d. Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen. © 2020 Estate of Thornton Dial/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Elise Ansel, Hybrid I, 2020. Courtesy David Klein Gallery, Detroit
Odd Matter, Guise Screen, 2019. Courtesy Nilufar Gallery, Milan
Reza Shafahi, Untitled, 2019. Courtesy James Barron Art, Kent
Jonathan Monaghan, Sentinel I, 2020. Courtesy bitforms gallery, New York
Nick Knight, Saturday 24th October, 2015, 2020. Courtesy Albion Barn, Oxford
Weiwei, Study of Perspective in Glass, 2018. Courtesy Chambers Fine Art, Beijing and New York