Coral Bijoux Author

We are all victims of conformity, shackled to what others have decided we should be. The trauma I experienced on Robben Island and under house-arrest crippled me. At forty-one, I found healing from art but my greatest lesson began when I started working with found material. It liberated me from conventional thinking. Trekking through this undergrowth of this book – the habitat of monkeys, birds, snakes, wild animals, and waste – I came across a new fantasy world, a neglected wilderness that Coral Bijoux transformed into a playground for young and old. It helped me to visualise what we can still offer to the world. – LIONEL DAVIS visual artist and struggle veteran Cape Town.