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April 07, 2008

perceptions: from the air

Leaving_chicago

Sughra Raza. Leaving Chicago. 1999.

Acrylic on canvas.

Posted with permission from the private collection of Anjuli Kolb.

Posted by Sughra Raza at 03:25 AM | Permalink

Comments

Beautiful - such precision in placing the spots. Very mediative. Would be nice to know the size of this work. Thank you for posting.

Posted by: Anne | Apr 7, 2008 4:31:02 AM

Very effective. If French impressionists could infuse the art world a century ago, there's no reason why Aboriginal Australians can't do it a century later.

Posted by: AlanDownunder | Apr 7, 2008 4:53:04 AM

That's gorgeous Sugra! Reminds me of one of my favorite pop artists, Wayne Tiebault, with a little Broadway Boogie Woogie thrown in...interesting to get the aboriginal comment though (I do see it).

Posted by: Carlos | Apr 7, 2008 6:43:10 AM

Wayne Thiebaud that is.

Posted by: Carlos | Apr 7, 2008 6:47:52 AM

i'd just like to know what else is in this private collection...

Posted by: jaffer | Apr 7, 2008 8:17:59 AM

Hypnotic!

Posted by: Marilyn Terrell | Apr 7, 2008 9:38:33 AM

Oooh Sughra, that's lovely. It reminds me of the classic Australian Aboriginal dot paintings, which leave you with the uncanny sense that they have mapped huge swathes of land from high in the air, using the dots to delineate various landmarks, landmasses etc, even though the painters' feet never left the earth.

thanks for posting it.

o b

Posted by: oliviab | Apr 7, 2008 9:48:22 AM

Beautiful, mysterious, and seemingly far, far below... I know I sound like a broken record, but -- more studio time!

Posted by: Elatia | Apr 7, 2008 12:38:50 PM

Beautiful indeed! And very, very clever.

Posted by: Ruchira | Apr 7, 2008 3:45:03 PM

Ditto to what Jaffee said. I, who have been known to frame and display doodles you did while in a car, have a "private collection" of zero.

But then I do have you on 3QD...

Thanks for this. And the rest.

Posted by: Abbas Raza | Apr 7, 2008 4:22:56 PM

Your private collection, dear Abbasi, is actually sitting packed in my closet. Be prepared to take it with you when you go back to Brixen in May. :)
Thanks everyone for all the positive comments and encouragement.
Sughra

Posted by: ga | Apr 7, 2008 4:30:48 PM

I always thought that the only thing more painful than being spurned in love was to be in a holding pattern over O'Hare. Thanks for making me see that it has its benefits. Great job, Ga. Love it.
Anju.Happy Collecting!
A.

Posted by: Aps | Apr 7, 2008 6:41:45 PM

i do have an interesting series of pen drawings on bamboo college-ruled about touching or not touching a sno-globe. private viewings by appointment.

Posted by: Anjuli Raza Kolb | Apr 7, 2008 8:25:43 PM

< sings > you take the high road

and I'll take the sno globe....

Posted by: oliviab | Apr 8, 2008 5:31:49 AM

Loved this! Is there a way to see what you post direct from 3 quarks - at present I'm searching through google which is rather tedious.

Posted by: Deborah | May 15, 2008 8:43:18 AM

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