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]
Max Waldman. Judith Jamison in “Cry”, 1976. “This 1976 portrait by Max Waldman shows Judith Jamison dancing her signature role in “Cry,” a ballet described as “a hymn to the sufferings and triumphant endurance of generations of black matriarchs.” – Smithsonian. Legendary dancer Judith Jamison died on Nov 9, 2024. She was incredible to watch!…
Samia Halaby. Jllayq, 2000. More here , here, and here. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. Along The Sidewalk On A Late Afternoon, October 2024. Composite, digital photographs. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Conway Ginger. Donkey and Man, Standing and Walking. 2023. Acrylic paint and ink. More here, and here. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. Untitled. June, 2014. Digital photograph. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. Meadowstream Afternoon, Maine, 2001. Digital photograph. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. On the Train to Franzensfeste. September, 2024. Digital photograph. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. Rain. Hund Riverbank, Pakistan, November 2023. Digital photograph. “Standing on the banks of the River Indus in Hund village, Swabi, it is difficult to get an inkling of the magnificent past of this hamlet and how it dominated the history of the subcontinent once upon a time. An intriguing symbol in this village…
Chakaia Booker. Romantic Repulsive, 2019. ” The artist first emerged in the early 1990s, creating striking outdoor public sculptures made from discarded industrial materials, namely rubber tires, which she transformed through a laborious process of machine and physical labor, into sensual, tendril-filled, texture-rich sculptures. In 2000, she garnered international attention for It’s So Hard to…
Sughra Raza. Remains of The Day. Oolloo House, Vermont, August 2024. Digital photograph. “Found in backyards as well as forests across the eastern United States, the flowering dogwood feeds dozens of other fruit-loving bird species, along with foxes, skunks, beavers and black bears. Its berries are also high in calcium, and the calcium in its…
Sughra Raza. M – Through The Honeycomb. Oolloo House, August 2024. Digital photograph. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Firelei Báez. Sans-Souci, (This threshold between a dematerialized and a historicized body), 2015. Collection Pérez Art Museum, Miami. “The premise of the show is to bring out subaltern histories, things that are not taught in our textbooks, that exist but haven’t been always named.” – Firelei Báez More here and here. Current show. Enjoying the…
Michael Wang. Holoflora, 2024 Pigment prints and silver halide holograms; 12 artworks. “Holoflora names a series of artworks that tell the story of Birmingham’s vanished flora. Each work documents a location in Birmingham, as it appears today, where an individual plant species was last recorded within the present city limits. Floating within each photograph is…
Sughra Raza. After The Rain. Vermont, July 2024. Digital photograph. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. Self Portrait at Oolloo House, June 2024. Digital photograph. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Sughra Raza. Self Portrait in Early Summer, May 2024. Digital photograph.
Sanford Biggers. Transition, 2018. Antique quilt, assorted textiles, acrylic, oil stick, sequins. More here, here, and here.
LaToya Ruby Frazier. Mom and Mr.Yerby’s hands, 2005. Silver gelatin print. More here and here.
Jaffer Kolb. Untitled, June, 2024. Digital Photograph. More here. With permission from Jaffer Kolb.
Vivian Maier. October 29, 1953, NY, NY. More here and here. Current show.