ARONE MEEKS | 'Unbroken VII' | 2016 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm CIAF Market 2023 ngaw il geth kazil

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We used to go bush with our parents who taught us a lot about our homelands both Bentinck Island and Sweers Island

KAT HALL | ‘Mudslide Cup’ | Short Cup II / No Handle

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ARONE MEEKS | 'Unbroken VII' | 2016 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm CIAF Market 2023 ngaw il geth kazilAt 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.