Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is considered one of China's, and the world's, leading contemporary artists and is also an activist and a prolific filmmaker. Due to the political nature of his art and his direct criticism of Chinese authorities, he was arrested and put in custody in 2011, but has later been released. His most well-known works include Study of Perspective Tiananmen Square (1995), Ton of Tea (2008), Sunflower Seeds (2010), and Human Flow (2017).