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]
Martin Roth. “from may to june 2012 i grew grass on rugs in a castle”. ” …This state of in-between is central to his Persian rugs on which grass grows “on the ‘dust of history’.” They were inspired by philosopher Michel Foucault’s examination of “heterotopias,” spaces that both exist and do not exist. Since the…
Charles “Teenie” Harris. Girl Reading on Stack of Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper, 1940. In the current “Truthiness and News” exhibition at DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. Silver gelatin print. Truthiness and the News explores the evidentiary role of photography, from the heyday of newsprint in the first half of the twentieth century to the current age of post-truth politics.…
Tavares Strachan. Untitled. 2014-15. Neon sculpture. More here, here, and here.
Damon Zucconi. A Cipher, 2019. Handwriting synthesis, 2d bin packing, UV curing ink on Alu-dibond. More here, and here. Current show.
Andi. Untitled. Jokgakarta, Indonesia. Batik art on fabric. Digital photograph by Sughra Raza.
Sughra Raza. Hydroglyphs with black fish, Ubud, Bali, 2019. Digital photograph.
Sughra Raza. Garden sculpture at Ullen Sentalu Museum, Jogjakarta, Indonesia. October, 2019. Digital photograph.
Sughra Raza. Power in The Sky. Digital photograph, Porto Alegre, 2014.
Aliza Nisenbaum. The History Lesson, 2017. ” … depicting Carmen and José, second-generation American citizens in Queens. Framing the painting are images from a 1950s-era Mexican coloring book.” Oil on linen. More here, here, and here.
Agnes Denes. Model for Teardrop—Monument to Being Earthbound. The Shed, New York, October 2019 – March 2020. “The artist’s original Teardrop depicted a monumental teardrop-shaped sculpture “levitat[ing] above the center of the base afloat on an elastic cushion of magnetic flux.” Impossible then and now, a scale version magically floats on a table top in the middle…
Cecilia Vicuña. Quipu Womb (The Story of the Red Thread, Athens), 2017. Dyed wool; Documenta 14. More here, here, and here.
Artists: Lachaolasie (Latch) Akesuk, Parr Josephee (formerly Etidloie), Aoudi Qinnayuaq, Cie Taqiasuk, Julieta Arias, Moises Frank Piliriqatigiingniq Mural Project, June 29 – July 21, 2015. Toronto, ON, Canada. More here and here.
Maria Thereza Alves. Seeds of Change: New York – A Botany of Colonization; 2019. More here, here, and here. Thanks Bringing this interesting project to my attention, Bunny Harvey! 🙂
Robert Freeman. Abundant Life, 2019. Oil on canvas. More here and here. Thanks to Laura Weinstein for connecting us!
Wilmer Wilson IV. From My Paper Bag Colored Heart, 2012. Performance still. More here, here, and here.
Janet Cardiff. Forty Part Motet, 2001. “While listening to a concert you are normally seated in front of the choir, in traditional audience position. With this piece I want the audience to be able to experience a piece of music from the viewpoint of the singers. Every performer hears a unique mix of the piece…
Neo Matloga. Unknown Title. 2018. More here and here. Currently showing at Zeitz Museum, Cape Town.
Mohau Modisakeng. Inzilo 2013, still from video. More here, here, and here.
Mrinalini Mukherjee. Devi, 1982. More here, here, and current show at Met Breuer.
Nobuo Sekine. Phase of Nothingness, 1969-70. More here and here.