ARONE MEEKS | 'Irukandji' | 2020 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm sea The Dhanal plays an important

The Dhanal plays an important part in my culture

There is a big flat rock there

Now I am surrounded by my family

Through up-close observations of the natural environment

ARONE MEEKS | 'Irukandji' | 2020 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm sea The Dhanal plays an importantAt 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.