Detail of 'No Ram's Land'
Daniel Press
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons)

Detail of 'No Ram's Land'
'No Ram's Land' explores how sheep shearing in Australia is perceived by tourists and the public as a hyper-performance of ‘strong masculine labour’, departing from reality to maintain a frail mythological identity. By intertwining historical legacies of Heidelberg paintings with contemporary shearing demonstrations, the work intends to subvert reality, evoking a sense of the 'spectral'. This is complimented through textile-based practices to mislead ideas on status and accuracy in representation.