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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, Jun 5, 2023 1:45AMMonday, June 5, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Allison Elizabeth Taylor. Only Castles Burning, 2017. marquetry hybrid on panel. More here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, May 29, 2023 1:38AMMonday, May 29, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sa’dia Rehman. Allegiance To The Flag on Picture Day, 2018. Canvas, charcoal fiberglass screen, velvet, carbon paper, oil pastels, chalkboard paint, white pencil and ink More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, May 22, 2023 1:40AMMonday, May 22, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Aqui Thami. Resisters, 2018. Poster. More here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, May 8, 2023 1:40AMMonday, May 8, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Misha Japanwala. Breastplate, ca. 2018. More here, here and here.

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Posted on Monday, May 1, 2023 1:35AMMonday, May 1, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Moeen Faruqi. Chamber Dialogue, 2016. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 24, 2023 1:45AMMonday, April 24, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Santiago Street Color, Chile, November 2017. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 17, 2023 1:40AMMonday, April 17, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Zaneb Beams. Untitled, 2022. Digital photograph. With permission.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 10, 2023 1:40AMMonday, April 10, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. NYC, April 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 3, 2023 1:40AMMonday, April 3, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Untitled. April 1, 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2023 1:50AMMonday, March 27, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Kevin Beasley. Reunion. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 20, 2023 1:45AMMonday, March 20, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Untitled. Cambridge, 1999-2000. Acrylic on canvas.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 13, 2023 1:50AMMonday, March 13, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Just a Street Corner. Boston, 2022. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 6, 2023 1:35AMMonday, March 6, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Pavement Expressionism. June 2014. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 27, 2023 1:40AMMonday, February 27, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Ntozake Shange, right, with Janet League in her play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” 1976. Bettmann/Getty Images More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 20, 2023 1:30AMMonday, February 20, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Still You Bloom in This Land of No Gardens, 2021. Acrylic, photographic transfers, colored pencil, and collage on paper. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 6, 2023 1:45AMMonday, February 6, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Untitled. Rwanda, January 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 30, 2023 1:35AMMonday, January 30, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Ada Beams. Landscape Somewhere in France, 2022. Digital photograph. With permission from the artist.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 23, 2023 1:45AMMonday, January 23, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Early Winter Shapes, January 2022. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 9, 2023 1:45AMMonday, January 9, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Flor Garduno. Basket of Light, Sumpango, Guatemala. 1989. More here and here. Thanks to Lauren Shaw for showing me this work!

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Posted on Monday, Jan 2, 2023 1:45AMMonday, January 2, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Lita Albuquerque. Southern Cross, 2014, from Stellar Axis: Antarctica, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, 2006. More here, here, and here.

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