ARONE MEEKS | 'Impact' | 2011 | Screenprint in black ink | Paper: 650 x 500 mm Artlink Magazine Thithuyil palayzinga inub zagethnu muynu

Thithuyil palayzinga inub zagethnu muynu thonar tidayzinga ngaw babthal a tukuypal

Iama/Yam Island

I worked at checkout in the shop

They are a good sign but the old people would wave their spears at them to keep them far from the camp

Editions Tremblay

ARONE MEEKS | 'Impact' | 2011 | Screenprint in black ink | Paper: 650 x 500 mm Artlink Magazine Thithuyil palayzinga inub zagethnu muynuAt 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.