Hry s míčem 

Josef Capek created "Hry s míčem", or "Ball Games," with oil on canvas. Dominating the composition is a striking arrangement of color, where yellow serves as a base for the placement of the other structural elements. Note how the house, figures and trees are simplified to basic geometric forms, creating a sense of childlike naivety. The painting uses the semiotic system of signs. Capek reduces real-world objects to their most fundamental shapes, almost like pictograms. This reduction opens up a space for multiple interpretations and highlights the subjective nature of perception. The semiotic interplay extends into the cultural codes Capek engages. His visual style, though simple, challenges fixed notions of representation, prompting the viewer to question how meaning is constructed. This dynamic interplay between form and content invites us to question the nature of representation itself.