ARONE MEEKS | 'Laura Healing' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Linocut the son would paint the

the son would paint the same on the other side

Partaking in the early Western Cape Artists program in Mapoon

We were lucky and always seemed to get across safely

Ngaziw dhangalaw ulakal

personal protective devices and protest aesthetics as means to subvert and liberate identities

ARONE MEEKS | 'Laura Healing' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Linocut the son would paint theAt 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.