ARONE MEEKS | 'Impact' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 600 x 505 mm Delvine Cockatoo-Collins ELIZABETH DUNN | 'You Know'

ELIZABETH DUNN | 'You Know' | Etching | 2009 | Paper size: 27 (h) x 39 cm

MUM’A NAI | 'Midi Bling – Salome Within #2' | Upcycled denim and acrylic on canvas with orange cotton embroidery and sterling silver hooks | 4 (d) cm

the Woven Fish in the Cairns Esplanade Lagoon

curator and writer who works closely with communities and organisations in Papua New Guinea

Wagedagam – Panay Buway

ARONE MEEKS | 'Impact' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 600 x 505 mm Delvine Cockatoo-Collins ELIZABETH DUNN | 'You Know'At 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.