(b. Bolivia, 1942).
Ribero has been a significant leader of the ancestralism movement in Bolivia, a movement that takes inspiration from formal and conceptual aspects of earlier Andean cultures. Ribero conceptualizes and stylizes themes from archaeological sites in the Cochabamba Valley. He also did a semi-abstract series based on the theme of the batán, the traditional indigenous grinding stone, that sanctified the object and placed it on a ritual altar. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pg. 245.
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