ARONE MEEKS | 'Because of her we can iV' | 2018 | Monoprint | Paper: 805 x 610 mmAt the heart of the work is Meeks unique visual languagewhere ancestral knowledge systems intersect with contemporary experience. Influenced by the Quinkan rock art traditions of Cape York and the ancestral presence of the Rainbow Serpent, his works evoke a living cosmology of guardianship, movement and renewal. Recurring formswaterholes, woven vessels and flowing systemsspeak to the interconnectedness of people, place and cultural responsibility.

mostly worn by men

when they began painting at the Art Centre

researcher and arts administrator

Image Size: 59 x 19

and has culminated in a new exhibition

A traditional spear with harpoon

Facing Time: 50 Years will be complemented by other portraits by Macleod

It was so large I could climb into caverns of the trunk to meditate

At the heart of the work is Meeks’ unique visual language—where ancestral knowledge systems intersect with contemporary experience

Born in Cairns in 1967 and raised in Yarrabah

Shannon Brett is a descendant of the Wakka Wakka

5 (h) x 76 (w) cm | Edition of 10