‘Terra Australis Incognita’ is a continuation of ideas that were first developed in a body of work produced in 2006 called ‘Waking Dreams: An Australian Portrait’.

In this recent work I have begun to explore issues concerning identity within an historically colonial context. This has come about through my interest in exploring different connotations of ‘colonialism’ from an African perspective, where I was born, as compared to the Australian experience.

The concept of ‘terra australis’ was based firmly within a colonial epistemology. To this day this continues to have an impact upon contemporary notions of Australian cultural identity.

Marc Standing, 2009

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Marc Standing

Terra Australis Incognita I
To Mulga Country
Reverence V
Reverence VIII
 
Teraphim II : The Feminine Numina
Revoluntionary Propagation
Teraphim I : Habeas Corpus
Truancy and Other Trivialities
 
The Flagellants
Terrible Tweeny Terror
Bleeding Open Hearts
Effigy I
 
Effigy IV
Mammalian 2
Mammalian 3
Homeward Bound
 
Backyard Bliss
We Can Be Heros
Sweet Banality
The Calm
 
Pretty in Pink
Bent
The Matriarch
Nipper 1