{"product_id":"eric-aho-isbn-9780847876938","title":"Eric Aho","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first full-career survey of an American artist redefining contemporary landscape painting through a powerful blend of abstraction, realism, memory, and environmental experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis landmark volume offers the most comprehensive look yet at Eric Aho (b. 1966), widely recognized as one of today’s leading painters of landscape and the natural world. Tracing four decades of artistic evolution, the book follows Aho from his luminous, enigmatic \u003ci\u003eIce Cuts\u003c\/i\u003e—geometric openings carved into frozen ponds—to his visceral \u003ci\u003eFire Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e, which explore destruction, renewal, and the shifting forces of the environment. His recent \u003ci\u003eWild Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirefly\u003c\/i\u003e series capture seasonal transitions with striking immediacy and emotional depth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRooted in the American landscape tradition, Aho’s work evokes the spiritual power of Marsden Hartley, the lyrical clarity of Fairfield Porter, the meditative abstraction of Agnes Martin, and the sweeping drama of Thomas Cole—yet remains unmistakably contemporary and wholly his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume features two gatefolds and stunning reproductions that illuminate Aho’s singular approach to painting nature—its atmospheres, transformations, and unseen energies. A vivid and immersive celebration of an artist who brings new vision and vitality to landscape painting today. | \u003cb\u003eJohn Yau\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet and art critic who has been publishing art criticism since 1978. He has written for \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHyperallergic Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoe Brainard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Pai\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilliam Tyler\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePaul Resika\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJanne Sirén\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is an art historian and the Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759454171365,"sku":"NP9780847876938","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847876938.jpg?v=1775598613","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/eric-aho-isbn-9780847876938","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}