ARONE MEEKS | 'Elders Adrift' | 2011 | Etching in coloured ink | Paper: 535 x 390 mm; Matrix: 373 x 245 x mm Objects National Museum of Australia

National Museum of Australia

just inland from Cape Keerweer

SERVICE CERAMICS | ‘Squared bottle’ | 2025 | Wheel-thrown ceramics  | 20 (h) x 10 (w) cm

Senub moegi apathiyay kosar mazanu

a dramatic shift in personal circumstances propelled the artist towards a new style of working

ARONE MEEKS | 'Elders Adrift' | 2011 | Etching in coloured ink | Paper: 535 x 390 mm; Matrix: 373 x 245 x mm Objects National Museum of AustraliaAt 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.