ARONE MEEKS | 'Common ground' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 570 mm Sid Bruce Short Joe Knowing what it takes to

Knowing what it takes to add value to life we become that forest

I make art because it is in my heart

Kukuwamal ngaw palayzinga ngaw kab geth apual

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

ARONE MEEKS | 'Common ground' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 570 mm Sid Bruce Short Joe Knowing what it takes toAt 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.