ARONE MEEKS | 'Mosquito Men' | 2006 | Linocut | Black ink | Matrix: 530 x 320 x mm Padha ka marngi PAULA SAVAGE - Moa Island

PAULA SAVAGE - Moa Island | 'Migi Bag #75-26' | Woven rafia + jute | 2026 | 8 X 9 cm

44’ | 2023 | Acrylic on paper | 63 (h) x 52

“A father will make his son a shield and the father will sit up one end and the son will sit up the other end

Olivia Chow

like the echidna

ARONE MEEKS | 'Mosquito Men' | 2006 | Linocut | Black ink | Matrix: 530 x 320 x mm Padha ka marngi PAULA SAVAGE - Moa IslandAt 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.