Artists:BackEphraim Chaurika
Ephraim was brought up on a farm where the flaming nostrils and the rolling whites of the eyes of the horse caused him no fear. Stone into sheen, a high gloss material, rich in patina, silky and sleek, can best describe Ephraim’s horses.
The Madzimu Bulls with heads of Baroque gargoyles, speak of the Minotaur and the bull as myth. Ephraim brings the horse and the bull into the farmyard from the paddock, into the pen and the stable from the wilderness.
Ephraim worked from Tengenenge Sculpture Community for many years and followed the fortunes of the community to Harare. If his life has changed through the broader consequences of the war, his sculpture has not. His horses at Tengenenge are a proud display.
Ephraim is a collector’s sculptor, a sculptor for those who demand their work to be lit from above and beneath, to be bid for at auction. Ephraim is classed as one of the first generation artists. Ephraim currently works from his home and farm in Guruve.
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