ARONE MEEKS | 'Common ground' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 570 mm Sid Bruce Short Joe Kukuwamal ngaw palayzinga ngaw kab

Kukuwamal ngaw palayzinga ngaw kab geth apual

Thuwaw garka kulay tadayk

different season brings different attitudes and different behaviour from our totems telling a message that nature is bringing change to our region

Language group: (Mother) Wik Alkan

CHOLENA HUGHES | ‘Clay Weaving #4 | Wood-fired mixed clay / woven Madagascan raffia / palm spathe | 14 (w) x 20 (l) x 5 (h) cm

ARONE MEEKS | 'Common ground' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 570 mm Sid Bruce Short Joe Kukuwamal ngaw palayzinga ngaw kabAt 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.