Drawing inspiration from Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and from the Polish fi lm Ashes and Diamonds (1958) by Andrzej Wajda, Ramos constructs a symbolic dialogue between philosophical and historical ruins. Through painting, installation, and collage, she refl ects on the human condition as caught between darkness and illumination, between the residues of a collapsing world and the persistent search for answers.

 In her 2025 series Golden Ruins, Ramos reimagines Plato’s cave as our contemporary reality: a space of digital isolation and existential confusion, where humanity mistakes technological reproductions for real. Using clay, charcoal, and gold pigment, she reclaims the materiality of the earth as both metaphor and antidote, grounding her philosophical inquiry in the tactile. Through the use of golden pigment, the artist refers to the pursuit of enlightenment. By blending ancient symbolism with modern allegories, the series aims to inspire deep self-refl ection, encouraging viewers to examine their own realities, let go of harmful illusions, and seek a deeper connection with nature, and one another.
In the 2018 series Ashes & Diamonds, the artist extended this meditation to the ruins of modern civilization. Now, ashes, coal, and fragile forms evoke both loss and regeneration, addressing issues related to the ecological and socio-political crisis of our world today, and express the dystopian feeling of being on the verge of history.
Quoting the 19th-century Polish poet Cyprian Norwid, Ramos invokes the paradox of history’s circularity.