Ron Benner
Based in London, Ontario, Ron Benner is an internationally recognized artist whose long-standing practice investigates the history and political economics of food cultures. He originally studied agriculture engineering at the University of Guelph. Finding himself ethically opposed to bioengineering, he began to travel and research the politics of plants and food. He is one of the founders of the Embassy Cultural House.
Please visit his website for more information. Left: Ron Benner with tropical waterlilies in his photographic/garden installation, As The Crow Flies, 2020, at Museum London. Photo Credit: Jamelie Hassan |
Earth Day 2021: Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth
Artist Statement: The dried grains, seeds and vegetables in the photograph are from Asia, Africa, Southern Europe and the Americas: rice, sorghum, chickpeas, lentils, chili peppers, beans, maize, etc. representing a biodiversity reaching back in time to when humans first began to farm wild plants about 10,000 years ago. The cultural deposits, ceramic and glass shards, were found in the soils of Iraq, Jordan, Mexico, and Turtle Island/Canada by myself, Jamelie Hassan and William Kingfisher. As cultures have disappeared so have many of the plant varieties that sustained them for thousands of years. The loss of biodiversity affects us all. |
US Elections 2020: Hiding in Plain Sight
Artist Statement: November 17, 2019. I couldn't get it out of my head. "A transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government". It was a reverberating echo. It was there for months. |
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