ARONE MEEKS | 'Untitled' | 2019 | Monoprint (7) | Paper: 800 x 610 mm Short Sarong "This is where I learnt

"This is where I learnt our traditional customs

for cultural advice and to talk about her work

after they had finished laying their eggs in the sand

and with the additional metaphysical layer of pain

ARONE MEEKS | 'Untitled' | 2019 | Monoprint (7) | Paper: 800 x 610 mm Short Sarong "This is where I learntAt 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.