The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Starting from the fact that every artistic work should be supported in an authentic experience, Dubravka Lazić restores the personal sense of play by using old, forgotten (but safeguarded) children's toys, creating new "worlds" through realistic models and presenting them through the medium of photography.
A Tiger, 2024. Color photograph
A Tiger, 2024
From The It’s All About the Game Series
Pigment print on Ilford Gallery cotton paper 310gms
Limited Edition.
Unframed.
Dubravka Lazić, graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (1997), then received her master's degree at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade (2000) and her doctorate at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (2013). Educated as a painter, photographer and filmologist, she currently teaches at the Novi Sad Academy of Arts as a full professor, and also part-time at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad. In the period from 2011 to 2016, she taught at the Faculty of Applied Arts of the University of Arts in Belgrade and was also a guest lecturer at Universities abroad (West Attica University Athens, Communication University of China Beijing, Ludwigsburg University of Education, École supérieure de design Troyes).
During her academic career, she was the head of the department for New Fine Media and Photography (2007-2012), vice dean for artistic work and international cooperation (2012-2024) at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, as well as the president of the Expert Council for Humanities and Art/Art of the University of Novi Sad (2015-2021). She has been a member of the artistic council of the Platinum Gallery of the SANU branch in Novi Sad since 2016. Dubravka Lazić's artistic and exhibition activity has been active since 1998. She exhibited her works of art at numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world. She is also active in the field of theoretical authorship and is the author of several published scientific works, articles, one book and a textbook. She is an organizer and a member of several commissions of the University of Novi Sad, as well as other professional organizing committees and juries, and a manager, consultant and participant in many art projects.
