Asunción Molinos Gordo (@asuncionmolinosgordo) (b. 1979, Guzmán, Spain) is a research-based artist strongly influenced by disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and cultural studies. The main focus of his work is contemporary peasantry. He has produced works reflecting on land use, farmer strikes, regional bureaucracy, the transformation of rural labour, biotechnology and the global food trade. Molinos Gordo won the 2015 Sharjah Biennale Prize for his WAM (World Agricultural Museum) project and represented the official Spanish section at the 13th Havana Biennale 2019. His work has been exhibited at venues such as the V&A Museum (London), Delfina Foundation (London), ARNOLFINI (Bristol), The Townhouse Gallery (Cairo), Darat Al Funun (Amman), Cappadox Festival (Uchisar-Turkey), Museo Carrillo Gil (Mexico), MUSAC (León, Spain), CA2M (Madrid, Spain), among others.

Portrait Osama Dawod
All images: Courtesy of the artist

ASUNCIÓN MOLINOS GORDO
SPAIN / EGYPT

The Peasant Has a Hoe, 2013.
Ink and graphite on paper, 24 cm x 33 cm.

Asunción Molinos Gordo is a research-oriented artist influenced by disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and cultural studies. The focus of his work is contemporary peasantry. He creates works that reflect on land use, farmer strikes, regional bureaucracy, the transformation of rural labour, biotechnology and the global food trade.

The Peasant Has a Hoe explores the transformation of the contemporary peasant in Jordan. The work is a caligraph depicting the process of precariatisation of small farmers.