CONTRIBUTORS

A quartet of art-world luminaries

ROSE WYLIE

The octogenarian British artist is known for her colourful, large-scale canvases, whose subjects range from Elizabeth Taylor to Elizabeth I. Trained at the Dover School of Art in the 1950s, Wylie has only recently gained her due recognition: in 2015, she became a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and won the Charles Wollaston Award for ‘most distinguished work’ at its Summer Exhibition. In this issue, she welcomes Bazaar into her cottage in Kent for a frank conversation about her new-found fame (page 62).

A place that inspires your art ‘Everywhere, anywhere.’

A colour that excites you ‘Green, when it’s got no blue in it.’

Your first memory of making art ‘Colouring in, from my green tin paintbox.’

The women artists you admire ‘Lee Lozano and

Alida Cervantes.’

What would you be if you weren’t an artist? ‘I can’t imagine… a hopeless lump? Or better, a bird?’

JUDY CHICAGO

Born Judith Cohen, the American feminist artist and writer adopted the name of her birthplace in 1970 to protest against the idea of taking a man’s name. Known for her paintings and installations examining the role of women in history and culture, she discusses her lifelong campaign for equality in the arts, ahead of her first major UK retrospective next month (page 14).

A place that inspires your art ‘My studio.’

A colour that excites you ‘All the colours of the rainbow.’ Your first memory of making art ‘As a child, attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago from the age of five until I left the city at 17.’

The women artists you admire ‘O’Keeffe, Kahlo, Kollwitz, and all the others who preceded me and paved the way.’

What would you be if you weren’t an artist? ‘I would be nothing if I were not an artist, because that is all I have ever wanted to be.’

PAULA REGO

The Portuguese-born visual artist has had more than 30 solo shows all over the world. A graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art, Rego was an exhibiting member of the London Group in the 1960s, along with David Hockney and Frank Auerbach, and in 1990 she became the first artist-in-residence at London’s National Gallery. Photographed as part of our portfolio of women creating art into later life, Rego talks to Jessie Burton about her passion for storytelling (page 52).

A place that inspires your art ‘My quinta in Ericeira, and the Prado in Madrid for its wonderful collection.’

Your first memory of making art ‘I have early memories of drawing as a child. Every time my parents went out in the evening, I left a drawing on their bed. I’m not sure it was art, exactly.’

The women artists you admire ‘There are many – Gwen John, Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschi…’

What would you be if you weren’t an artist?

‘Probably put away by now!’

HELEN CAMMOCK

The Turner Prize nominee and winner of the 2018 Max Mara Art Prize for Women uses a variety of media, including photography, poetry and printmaking, to unearth forgotten female histories. In this issue, she is photographed at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac with a favourite painting by

Etel Adnan (page 74).

A place that inspires your art ‘Quiet yet roaring places, like the mountains and the sea.’ Your first memory of making art ‘There are pictures of me painting on an easel aged two, but it was in my thirties that I realised I could actually say something with the photography I was beginning to experiment with.’

The women artists you admire ‘Artists like Lubaina Himid and Claudette Johnson, who play with their medium or push what they’re doing, sometimes against a tide.’

What would you be if you weren’t an artist? ‘Maybe I’d still be a social worker, or I might be forced into thinking about becoming more involved in activism and politics.’