What a pig can tell about the world - Featuring artist Luis Rodriguez Naranjo

 


Our guest is Luis Rodriguez Naranjo, a Mexican artist with a healthy obsession: the pig as symbol, the filter through which he understands and portrays the world, offering us an alternative narrative.

Luis was born into a family of pig farmers in La Piedad, Mexico, the artist grew up with the pig as more than just livelihood — it became part of memory, culture, and identity. Over time, the pig transformed into the central visual and conceptual axis of his visual work.

He calls this process “pig-ifying”: objects, scenes, or references in order to reimagine everything; not as parody but a playful, ironic re-signification that becomes a mirror as he states:while some viewers perceive harmony or poetry, others see satire or grotesque humor — reflecting the pig’s rich symbolic weight across cultures.

Luis often adapts and reinterprets artistic languages from other artists into a personal, “pig-ified” world, not as an appropriation per se but more from that question he often asks himself, how would this painting look if pigified? a question he asks often even when just walking around and a question you will probably ask yourself as well after looking at his work. 

 I strongly invite you to read more about him here, enter his universe:

Read about his work

and check his website and social media, 

https://www.luisrodrigueznaranjo.com/

here short interview to meet the artist behind the work:

https://youtu.be/8of3kMjEQ60

last but not least he takes commissions, more info on his website.



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