Scarlatti's Garden 

Omar Rayo created “Scarlatti’s Garden,” an undated intaglio, evoking a spatial puzzle through its interplay of lines and colour. The composition, dominated by alternating green and blue stripes, presents a series of geometric forms that challenge our sense of depth. The stripes, while uniformly applied, shift in orientation, suggesting various planes intersecting at oblique angles. This formal arrangement creates an illusionistic space that teases the eye, making us question what is receding and what is projecting forward. Rayo's interest in geometric abstraction aligns with structuralist principles where the underlying structure determines the artwork's meaning. The repetitive use of stripes as a visual code introduces a semiotic system, inviting viewers to decode the spatial relationships. By destabilizing fixed perspectives, Rayo engages with post-structuralist ideas about how meaning is constructed and perceived. Note how the strategic placement of shadows lends further ambiguity to the structure, reinforcing the idea that art is a site of interpretation rather than a fixed representation.