

Anado’s gallery — I think you can call it a gallery — is Casa de Las Ranas and is “dedicated to the Outlanders of the world.” It covers more than an acre of shaded, quiet hillside on the road to Guanajuato. On our tour of what Anado calls this “viseral playground,” I got the feeling I was enjoying a good acid trip (of course, I wouldn’t actually know what that is…). Every square inch of every installation is full of playful and surprising detail.
Anado has an unrelenting passion for creating art in all kinds of media that is technically expert but also unmoored and deeply metaphorical. So much of it combines the sensibilities of 60’s psychedelia with traditional Mexican motifs and processes. The pieces, which include several buildings, employ bright colors, mirrors, skulls, animals, tile and cultural artifacts.



We had been forewarned that our tour was only an hour and when our hour was up, our taxi driver was waiting for us outside the gate. We didn’t have enough time to see and absorb it all, but I left feeling like a junior member of a far-flung cult. If you visit San Miguel, you gotta join.

Love this! I want to go!
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Seems like a cool dude, dude.
TYVM
Thanks for these kind words…you are obviously a good listener…
Thanks so much for your kind words…you are obviously a good listener…
I hope to return to hear more 🙂
He blends right in with his art work! Beautiful.
Yes, in a way,, he is his art
We love, love, love going there for an infusion of color and art each time we visit SMA.
Yes it’s a place that inspires!