{"product_id":"9783775737685","title":"Ad Reinhardt: How to Look: Art Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eAd Reinhardt \u003c\/i\u003eat David Zwirner, New York, this catalogue presents a comprehensive exploration of the artist’s cartoon works, which he created for various publications throughout his lifetime, most notably the progressive tabloid daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eP.M.,\u003c\/i\u003e in which his \u003ci\u003eHow to Look \u003c\/i\u003eseries first appeared in 1946. Reinhardt’s comics shed light on the artist’s humorous insight into art history, politics and culture, as well as his unparalleled critical sensibility as a painter and thinker. The publication includes new scholarship on this facet of Reinhardt’s practice by curator Robert Storr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAd Reinhardt \u003c\/b\u003e(1913–1967) was born in Buffalo, New York, and studied art history at Columbia University, where he forged lifelong friendships with Thomas Merton and Robert Lax. After studies at the American Artists School, he worked for the WPA and became a member of the American Abstract Artists group, with whom he exhibited for the next decade; later he was also represented by Betty Parsons. Throughout his career Reinhardt engaged in art-world activist politics, participating in the famous protests against The Museum of Modern Art in 1940 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950 (among the group that became known as \"The Irascibles\").\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH \u0026 Co KG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060521844976,"sku":"9783775737685","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783775737685_p0.jpg?v=1763683270","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783775737685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}