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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, Jul 23, 2018 12:30AMMonday, July 23, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Dewitt Godfrey. Lincoln, De Cordova Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, 2012. 15 x 150 x 10 feet Cor-Ten steel, bolts More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jul 16, 2018 12:30AMMonday, July 16, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Ang Tsherin Sherpa. Untitled from the series: Golden Child/Black Clouds, 2013. White and yellow gold leaf, acrylic, alcohol ink, glitter, and silver pen on wood. More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jul 9, 2018 12:30AMMonday, July 9, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Sophia Al Maria. … on Gulf futurism … More here, here, and here. Thanks to Anjuli Raza Kolb.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jul 2, 2018 12:20AMWednesday, January 30, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick. Forgotten Crowns, 2013. Archival pigment print. More here and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jun 25, 2018 12:35AMMonday, June 25, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Javier Perez. Carroña, 2011. Installation. More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jun 18, 2018 12:20AMMonday, June 18, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Hanaa Malallah. Something I Have Learnt. 2013. Ink, digital print, mixed media, on artist’s paper. More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jun 11, 2018 12:35AMMonday, June 11, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Siamak Filizadeh. Anis al-Dawla, 2014. Photograph. Current show at LACMA In The Field of Empty Days. ” … In the Fields of Empty Days explores the continuous and inescapable presence of the past in Iranian society. This notion is revealed in art and literature in which ancient kings and heroes are used in later contexts…

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Jun 4, 2018 12:10AMMonday, June 4, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Kevin Beasley. If I was standing alone I wouldn’t stand it all (2017). More here, here, and here. Currently at ICA, Boston.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, May 28, 2018 1:35AMMonday, May 28, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Toby Mulligan. Portrait, January 2018. More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, May 21, 2018 12:40AMMonday, May 21, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Olga Ziemska. Listen …, Ronsko, Poland, 2003. Plaster hand casts, and locally reclaimed birch logs. More here, here, and here.

Perceptions

Posted on Monday, May 14, 2018 12:30AMMonday, May 14, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Derek Parfit. Untitled (Thundercloud), c1980s . C type digital print. More here and here. Current show “The Mind’s Eye”  at Narrative Projects, London, organized by Owen Laub with Samuel Sokolsky-Tifft. (Thanks, Sam).

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2018 12:25AMMonday, May 7, 2018 by Sughra Raza

Kassou Seydou. Bopu Kogn- coin de rue, 2017. Acrylic on canvas. More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Apr 30, 2018 12:35AMThursday, March 14, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Wangechi Mutu. Madame Repeate, 2010. More here, here, and here. Current work at ICA, Boston.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Apr 23, 2018 12:25AMWednesday, January 30, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Sarah Simblet. Cedar, 2015. Pencil drawing. More here, here, and here. Thanks to Lauren Shaw for the tip!

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Perceptions for earth day

Posted on Sunday, Apr 22, 2018 7:46PMThursday, March 14, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Sarah Simblet. Cedar, 2015. Pencil drawing. More here, here, and here.

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Perceptions

Posted on Monday, Apr 16, 2018 12:25AMWednesday, January 30, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Sterling Ruby. Double Vampire 6, 2011. Fabric and fiber fill. More here, and here. Thanks to Dr. Marc Lee.

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perceptions

Posted on Monday, Apr 9, 2018 12:20AMThursday, March 14, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Self-portrait at Schiphol, April 7, 2018. Digital photograph.

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perceptions

Posted on Monday, Mar 26, 2018 12:30AMWednesday, January 30, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Marc Camille Chaimowicz. "Your Place or Mine" – current exhibition at Jewish Museum, NYC. More here, here and here.

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perceptions

Posted on Monday, Mar 19, 2018 1:25AMWednesday, January 30, 2019 by Sughra Raza

Alicja Kwade. Light Transfer of Nature, 2015. More here, here, and here.

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perceptions

Posted on Monday, Mar 12, 2018 1:30AMWednesday, January 30, 2019 by Sughra Raza

William Pope. L. William Pope. L: Trinket, 2015. More here, here and here.

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