ARONE MEEKS | 'Cryingame' | 1993 | Screenprint | Metalic ink | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Wall sculpture "Traditionally fire played a major

"Traditionally fire played a major role in our lives - we used it for cooking

2 x 5 x 1cm | 2026

After 12 years in the contemporary Indigenous visual arts sector

Image size: 20

Slated to become the seminal text on contemporary Indigenous artmaking in Far North Queensland

ARONE MEEKS | 'Cryingame' | 1993 | Screenprint | Metalic ink | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Wall sculpture "Traditionally fire played a majorAt 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.