Wide Walls Magazine

Nov 29, 2024 | widewalls.ch | Eli Anapur

Precisionism developed in a decade following the end of the World War I, in 1920s America. Its short time span of slightly over ten years - until the early ‘30s - does not, however, undermine its significance in modern art world. Being considered the first autochthone art style developed in the US, it nonetheless holds stylistic connection with European Modernism and styles developed by historical avant-gardes.

Nov 7, 2024 | widewalls.ch | Balasz Takac

The Medieval period was a time when mankind passed through various formative, and rather difficult stages marked by constant warfare, famine, Black Death, and the rule of the Church. It was a time saturated by superstition, perhaps best imagined and illustrated in the movies such as The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman, and The Devils by Ken Russell.

Nov 4, 2024 | widewalls.ch | Eli Anapur

As in every human endeavor when two strong personalities meet, opinions may clash and an argument often ensues. The same applies to the art world. Dada Manifesto is not a singular writing; over the years several were made, including perhaps the best-known by Hugo Ball and Tristan Tzara. Ball wrote his piece in 1916, and dated it July 14, while Tzara’s came a few years later, in 1918, on the 23rd of March.

Oct 29, 2024 | widewalls.ch | Balasz Takac

The development of post-war American photography is really hard to imagine without the contribution of William Eggleston who is often described as the Father of modern color photography. Although black-and-white photography was his initial media of choice back in the late 1950s, inspired by the work of Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, this now acclaimed photographer soon started experimenting with color. By the mid-1960s he became a seminal figure in the field.

Oct 14, 2024 | widewalls.ch | Hesper Cane

Tackling issues of authorship, consumerism, and popular culture, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans revolutionized art by appropriating an everyday commodity image and elevating it to the status of an art object. Created in 1962, Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans primarily referred to the original 32 acrylic canvases of the consumerist motif but have since expanded to include the American artist’s broader approach to the theme.