Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Sofie Bird Møller

18 Apr - 18 May 2014

Sofie Bird Møller
Am rechten Ufer des Zweifelns, 2009. Courtesy Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin
SOFIE BIRD MØLLER
The Spirit of Places and other Spaces
18 April - 18 May 2014

Sofie Bird Møller debunks found, historical engravings of their figural depiction and conveys the classic works’ claim of eternity into an indefinite temporality. As a first step Møller takes away the visible by purposely overpainting it, subsequently closing the created image-gaps with a similar poignant accurate technical mastery of the original image. Although the human figure is primarily eliminated from the image the wear marks and subtle color-shifts indicate the retouching and let the fragmental removals appear in interfering layers with a ghostly transparency.
 

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