Éticas y políticas de la edición en Ad Reinhardt. Más allá de la pintura y los cómics

Abstract

Ad Reinhardt was a painter but also developed a large production of press, graphic design and cartoons. These were not merely a means to earn his bread and butter, but are works with an ethic, aesthetic an ideological commitment, though are separate from his paintings. His best known comic, How to Look… published by PM newspaper is one of the most original twentieth century comics and a reflection on what modern art is, its concepts, vices and virtues. Besides, he was involved in many mastheads as editor or art director in some of them. This implication with editorial politics has a deep commitment similar to that of his well-known Black Paintings.