ARONE MEEKS | 'Untitled' | 2020 | Monoprint (9) | Paper: 800 x 560 mm Rainforest Shield Just before they reached Maringulainga

Just before they reached Maringulainga

and made ceremonies for them

printed in colour matrix: 580 x 420 mm edition: bon à tirer printer: Theo Tremblay

To the right is the mangrove with its protective root structure

Gab Titui Cultural Centre on Thursday Island

ARONE MEEKS | 'Untitled' | 2020 | Monoprint (9) | Paper: 800 x 560 mm Rainforest Shield Just before they reached MaringulaingaAt 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.