"Ribiera como pretexto" by Manolo Valdés is a mixed media work that combines oil painting with collage and thread elements on burlap, creating a textured surface that emphasizes the materiality of the support itself. The title references the Spanish Baroque master Ribera, suggesting that the artist uses classical art history as a conceptual point of departure rather than as a direct subject. Valdés's layered approach of paint, fabric, and thread transforms the humble burlap into an expressive ground that bridges abstraction and figuration while engaging with questions of artistic lineage and reinterpretation.