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Sughra Raza

Sughra grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, along with siblings Abbas and Azra (above), and several others. She studied fine arts as an undergraduate, later shifting gears to become a doctor of medicine, specializing in diagnostic radiology. Sughra lives in Boston, Massachusetts, working and teaching at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She feels most excited in a world of images, invention, art and music; and despite Fenway Park floodlights lighting up the sky in her windows, she remains oblivious to the Red Sox battling the Yankees a stone’s throw away. Email: [email protected]

Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Apr 12, 2021 1:50AMMonday, April 12, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Anderson Ambroise. Rubble Sculpture. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 5, 2021 1:55AMMonday, April 5, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Marlène Huissoud. A3 Drawings 8, 2020.  More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 29, 2021 1:50AMMonday, March 29, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. It’s Still Winter After All. March 2021. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 15, 2021 1:45AMMonday, March 15, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Crowing! Rwanda 2016. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 8, 2021 1:50AMMonday, March 8, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Pati Hill. A Swan: An Opera in Nine Chapters, 1978 (detail from chapter 5). More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 1, 2021 1:55AMMonday, March 1, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Toyin Ojih Odutola. Paris Apartment, 2016. Charcoal, pastel and pencil on paper. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 22, 2021 1:40AMMonday, February 22, 2021 by Sughra Raza

From the exhibition “The Breath of Empty Space” at Mass MOCA now through May 2021. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2021 2:10AMMonday, February 15, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Jammie Holmes. (title not found) More here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 8, 2021 1:50AMMonday, February 8, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Wu Tsang, boychild. Untitled. 2019. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 1, 2021 2:00AMMonday, February 1, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Luchita Hurtado. Untitled, 1971. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 25, 2021 1:50AMMonday, January 25, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. After The Last Trees. January, 2020. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 18, 2021 2:00AMMonday, January 18, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Sydney Cain. Refutations (Tricksters In Pools), 2020. Graphite, charcoal and pigment on paper. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 11, 2021 1:45AMMonday, January 11, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Tigran Tsitoghdzyan. Black Mirror, 2018. Work on paper; mixed media. More here.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 4, 2021 1:50AMMonday, January 4, 2021 by Sughra Raza

Lorna Simpson. Unanswerable (detail) 2018. Found photograph, and collage on paper. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 28, 2020 1:55AMMonday, December 28, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Elfriede Abbe. The Geese and The Cranes. c1980. Wood engraving. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 21, 2020 2:00AMMonday, December 21, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Bisa Butler. The Safety Patrol. 2018. Quilted and appliquéd cotton, wool, and chiffon. 90 x 82 in. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 14, 2020 1:45AMMonday, December 14, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Tapestry. November, 2020. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 7, 2020 1:50AMMonday, December 7, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Salman Toor. Three Friends. 2018. Oil on panel. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Nov 30, 2020 1:45AMMonday, November 30, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Dylan Kwait. Surfers by Plum Island, October 2020. Drone photograph. With permission … thanks Dylan!

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Posted on Monday, Nov 23, 2020 2:00AMSaturday, November 28, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Ricardo Miguel Hernandez. From the series When The Memory Turns to Dust. More here and here. Hernandez’s work was on view at Isolo17 Gallery in Verona, Italy.

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