“I was eleven years old when I witnessed, what was then the first of many murders; for as long as I live on the Cape Flats, this scene has been a repeated experience. It’s difficult – witnessing kids kill each other. It’s even harder to pretend that it didn’t happen and to, out of fear, continue playing soccer with them.” – Warren Maroon
Warren Maroon (b.1985) lives and works as an artist in Cape Town, South Africa. Warren grew up on the Cape Flats in a suburb called Mitchell’s Plain, an area most commonly associated with gangsterism, drugs and violence. Being exposed to some harsh realities at an early age, Warren took to art as a way to escape.
