Title
Round
C-print
46 x 66 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated Retail Value: $3,500
Starting Bid: $1,500
Michael Loderstedt is an artist, writer, poet, and educator whose work pays particular attention to the geography and natural phenomena of particular sites and events that define histories, actions, and understanding of our world. Working across printmaking, photography, and installation, Loderstedt often considers the intersections between man and machine in relation to nature, reminding us of nature’s simultaneous vulnerability and durability. In this work, Loderstedt captures a quiet expanse on a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the only confirmed Norse (Viking) settlement in North America that dates to around 1000 CE. Likely a temporary base camp for exploration rather than a permanent colony, the site provides tangible proof of pre-Columbian transatlantic contact between Europe and North America.
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Michael Loderstedt
Michael Loderstedt (b. 1958; lives and works in Cleveland, OH) received his BFA in printmaking from East Carolina University and his MFA from Kent State University. Working across photography, printmaking, artist books, and installation, he has exhibited at venues including SPACES (Cleveland, OH), The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA), and regional institutions in Northeast Ohio, and his work is held in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum, and the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany, among others. Loderstedt is Professor Emeritus at Kent State University and has been an important presence in the Cleveland art community as both an artist and educator.
