ARONE MEEKS | 'Common ground' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 570 mm Sid Bruce Short Joe ziyaw ruwayl

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My uncle’s boat broke down

MAHARLINA GOROSPE-LOCKIE | 'Pinakbet (Vegetable stew with pork belly and shrimp paste)' | 2024 | Acrylic on canvas | 914 (h) x 609 (w) mm

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

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 ziyaw ruwaylAt 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.