ARONE MEEKS | 'White Coral Spawning' | 2013 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 600 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.

"The men folk paint up their body before they dance in a corroboree

the light and dark areas

"Dance is a beautiful way to conjure

Drawing from his rich cultural heritage

Cape Keer-Weer which is the location of his family home

My husband and I spent a lot of time out bush with our kids

for it to cure

drumming and chanting

the northernmost point of the Australian continent

not only equipped with this knowledge but also actively enacting it

PAX JAKUPA | 'Baby on Bilum' | 2024 | Ink on paper | 76 (h) x 56 (w) cm

there was a couple who swam across the big river at Knox