LenkPlay is a long-term photographic project rooted in the intimate terrain of motherhood, memory and the layered dimension of play. Created over the nine years, the series traces the evolving relationship between a mother and her daughter, capturing not only the passage of time but the shifting emotional textures of care, imagination and transformation.
One part of the series are color photographs of small plastic animal toys, placed in real outdoor environments. These staged scenes echo the imagined roles assigned to such toys by children, but also acquire new resonance through their dislocation – miniature creatures mimicking life in full-scale, often indifferent, landscapes. The contrast between the artificial and the real creates a visual tension, a conceptual „catch“, prompting viewers to re-engage with the sense of wonder, spontaneity and emotional projection that defines childhood play.
Untitled XII, 2018. Color photograph
Untitled XII, 2018
From The Lenkplay Series
Pigment print on Ilford Gallery cotton 310gms paper
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.
