A Tiger, 2024

Dubravka Lazic  

This intriguing artwork masterfully combines natural and surreal elements, creating a mesmerizing miniature landscape. Dominated by towering, rugged rock formations on the left, the scene invites viewers into a mystical realm. At the heart, a white tiger figure strides purposefully through a terrain of gray-blue strands resembling a flowing river. The foreground is dotted with smooth white pebbles, leading to a golden orb, suggesting a celestial body or mystical object. The dark, speckled backdrop evokes a night sky sprinkled with stars, enhancing the dreamlike atmosphere. The harmonious interplay of textures and colors—craggy rocks, soft strands, and smooth pebbles—showcases a vivid contrast between roughness and delicacy. This artwork captivates with its detailed execution and imaginative synthesis of reality and fantasy, inviting viewers into a world where the boundaries of nature and imagination blur.

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.  

Dubravka Lazić is an artist and professor of photography whose work combines analog and digital techniques, often exploring the interplay between reality and imagination. Her practice is marked by a poetic visual language that intertwines narrative, memory, and experimentation. Through photography, photograms, and mixed media processes, she creates layered images that evoke intimacy and reflection, while also highlighting the subtle tension between tradition and contemporary approaches.

From It's All About the Game Series. Pigment print on Ilford Gallery cotton paper 310gms. certificate of originality. Other size: 19.65 H x 29.92 W in Edition 10 +1 ap