ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangroves' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 mm Gaynah I learnt this dance as

I learnt this dance as a young boy and this is how I know the stories

He didn't know I was coming

Artist's statement: This is a special place on Bentinck Island called Kalturi

"The Kuku Yalanji (Kuh-kuh Yel-an-jee) Language is still spoken today by our Bama-bama (Bum-mah bum-mah)

Wowraw thonar senab thonar milagnu kedha warul matha tadimik

ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangroves' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 mm Gaynah I learnt this dance asAt 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.