ARONE MEEKS | 'Unbroken VII' | 2016 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm CIAF Market 2023 We used to go bush

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

GIRRINGUN ART CENTRE – Philip Denham | ‘Bagu’ | 2019 | Milky Pine / Ochre | 40 (h) x 8 (w) cm

post reduction using sawdust and locally sourced seaweeds

The pattern of the song at the top of the print is continued in the paddles

Pormpuraaw

ARONE MEEKS | 'Unbroken VII' | 2016 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm CIAF Market 2023 We used to go bushAt 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.