ARONE MEEKS | 'Impact' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 600 x 505 mm Delvine Cockatoo-Collins Wagedagam – Panay Buway

Wagedagam – Panay Buway

The traditional of Powpa Thayan is practiced

5 (h) x 40

Tarred and feathered

such as coconuts

ARONE MEEKS | 'Impact' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 600 x 505 mm Delvine Cockatoo-Collins Wagedagam – Panay BuwayAt 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.