Sofie Bird Møller

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.