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]
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.
Leonardo Da Vinci. St. Jerome Praying in The Wilderness, begun Ca. 1482; unfinished. “…The painting shows St. Jerome at prayer at the end of his life, a hermit in the wilderness, alone save for his lion companion—a common Renaissance subject. And yet it stands alone in its deeply moving, intimate depiction of the penitent saint…
Diedrick Brackens. Immersion Circle, from the exhibition “Unholy Ghosts”, Los Angeles, 2019. More here, here, and here. Current show at the New Museum.
Sughra Raza. For Pride’s Sake. January 2017, Guangzho. Digital photograph.
Sughra Raza. “Steep-le-chase!”; June, 2019, Rwanda. Digital photograph.
Bonfils Ngabonziza. Ngabo Seven, 2018. More here and here.
Sughra Raza. Mid-day Still. Chitwan Forest, Nepal, 2017. Digital photograph.
Sughra Raza. Wabi-sabi. Botswana, 2015. Digital photograph.
Huma Bhabha. Carriage, 2014. Clay, wood, cork, wire, styrofoam, leaf, paper, oilstick, acrylic paint. More here, here, and here. Current show at ICA, Boston.
Camille Hoffman. Here We Land. 2019. “The current migration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border factors heavily into Camille Hoffman’s work. The artist created collages from leaked photos from the border with images of America’s lush natural landscape. These collages are part of the exhibition ‘Here We Land,’ on view at Wave Hill through July 14.”…