The Monsanto company, producer of the toxic weed killer Roundup, owns the majority of the seeds patents of the world, produces plants that the seeds can not grow again, and has promoted laws in 29 states from saving your own seeds to grow again or share with anyone. Plant a clay seed and nothing grows.
Political Activist Artist - Ai Weiwei - holding up porcelain sunflower seeds from the millions he had made for his exhibit 'Sunflower Seeds' at the Tate Gallery in London, England. (2010)
Political Activist Artist - from China - known for creating art about; social movements, governments spying, the greed of big business was arrested by Chinese government Famous Artworks include: ‘Surveillance Camera’ (2010), ‘Sunflower Seeds’ (2010)
Andy Goldsworthy
1956 - present
Famous British artist / sculptor, makes artworks using only found natural objects and no tools but his hands. He photographs his works of art and creates books which have helped to make him famous.
Dale Chichuly
Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor working with blown glass, moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture.
Banksy
unknown - present
Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist, vandal, and political activist. His satirical street art combine dark humor with graffiti executed in a distinctive spray-paint stenciling technique.
'Slave Labor' by Banksy
Bridget Riley
1931 - present
She is an English painter working in Op Art (Optical Art). She is most famous for her detailed black and white designs. She often works in London, England and France.
Jeff Koons
1955 - present
One of the most controversial artists of 20th century. Jeff Koons is most famous for his larger than life ballon animals. Balloon Dog (Orange) sold in 2013 for US $58.4 million dollars.
Anish Kapoor
1954 - present
A British sculptor, born in Bombay, India. Kapoor creates huge outdoor sculptures his most famous named 'Cloud Gate' but called "the Bean" by many tourists that visit Chicago.
Shepard Fairey
1970 - present
An American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He is known for creating the Obama Hope Poster, being sued for plagiarism over it and creating the 'We the People' - Woman's Right March / Inauguration protest posters.
Yayoi Kusama 1929 - present
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March, 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.
Damien Hirst
1965 - present
Damien Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at $384 million in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved, sometimes having been dissected, in formaldehyde.