South African artist champions hyenas in 'eco-queer' quest

The walls of her studio in the university district of downtown Johannesburg are covered in drawings in ink and rooibos tea of the sloped-back carnivores, her heroines of the bush. With cute ears but a frightening jaw, the animal is also represented in sculptures Coetzee fashions from scavenged materials. "I am very curious about hyenas from an ecofeminist perspective," said the artist, whose work has been exhibited internationally. "They're the underdog, misrepresented," she told AFP. "They have been Disney-fied...