Wopko Jensma was a South African poet, graphic artist, abstract painter, printmaker, editor, translator and vernacular conceptualist, his art and poetry have acquired cult status, both in South Africa and abroad[1].

His work is associated with the familiar black and white but is also interspersed with many bright and unusual colours and colour combinations. His work is always socially relevant, and his themes often include violence and imprisonment, with compelling images of gallows, cracking bones, shackles and cells. However, these are often juxtaposed with themes of the mind and heart. He viewed society as assaulted by social pressures for convention and conformity, the mindless routines of suburban and industrial living, psychological categorizing and consumerism[2].