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Arone Raymond Meeks

1988

Arone Raymond Meeks

1988

  • NFSA IDHC5AFNH5
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
  • Year1988
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Arone Meeks is a Kuku Midigi man who grew up in Far North Queensland. He is a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative:

I believe that art is a language for interpreting who you are and I can't find any other satisfaction than painting. I have a natural need to interpret what I feel and see.

Meeks is wary of using the designs of others so instead explores the bush and his dreams to create his own language of symbols.

Excerpt from Boomalli: Five Koori Artists, 1988 – Film Australia Collection.

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Film Australia
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Arone Meeks is a Kuku Midigi man who grew up in Far North Queensland. He is a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative:

I believe that art is a language for interpreting who you are and I can't find any other satisfaction than painting. I have a natural need to interpret what I feel and see.

Meeks is wary of using the designs of others so instead explores the bush and his dreams to create his own language of symbols.

Excerpt from Boomalli: Five Koori Artists, 1988 – Film Australia Collection.

Courtesy of
Film Australia
  • Director
    Michael Riley
    Producer
    Paul Humfress
    Director of Photography
    Ross King
    Sound Engineer
    Noel Cunnington
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