ARONE MEEKS | 'Irukaniji Season' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 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.

He is a language speaker and knowledge holder and works with other Traditional Owners to share what he knows

Artwork story: Artistic practice portrayed a vital role in everyday life

featuring a series of neon text-based sculptures

People who have dreaming like these totem spirits their spirit go up to the sky when they die

and materials

Now I am getting too old to live there

Label: Kim Bag #4

She is a language speaker

with distinctions

landscape and culture through his art

Getha doegam kunay babanu kursi palayzinga

These archetypal characters stand for drama-filled creation narratives of personal importance