Title: Eating My Own Eggs.
Location: Forest Hill, London.
Tag: okumephuna, foresthill, eggs.
Copyright: Okumephuna Chukwunwikezarramu.
Story: Eating my own eggs is a work of Bernard Matemera. He was born in Zezuru, Zimbabwe in 1946. His style of art is like something from beyond the earth because they are usually queer and unusual. Rarely has an African artist achieved such acclaimed international status by creating contemporary art that is purely "Afro-centric". Such praise and recognition are more commonly reserved for those African artists who produce art that is comparable in content and form to established Western artistic standards. Matemera's work jars the senses. His trademark figures juxtapose animal and human characteristics, often depicting creatures with only two or three toes and fingers. Archeologists have now confirmed that such a people once inhabited the northern parts of present day Zimbabwe. His work is therefore uniquely African and not otherworldly as even admiring art critics have noted. His imposing and powerful figures seem to stalk the viewer. They command attention.
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