Earth crisis globe by Obey Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Steel Dimensions: 40 x 45 cm Year: 2016 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?This globe replaces mapped geography with compartmentalized images, presenting planetary crisis as a collision of energy, cultivation, media, and ornament rather than as a single event. The catalogue profile identifies Obey as Shepard Fairey and describes political and environmental messaging as central to his graphic practice. Here, that visual language is wrapped around a form that can only be seen partially from one position.The photograph shows wind turbines, furrowed fields, flowers, and a newspaper reader distributed among irregular, bordered panels. Their shared surface connects different systems, while the divisions resist any seamless picture of the world.Catalogued as a steel sculpture from 2016, the work translates emblematic graphics into a three-dimensional object. The spherical format makes concealment unavoidable: every visible motif implies others continuing beyond view.Encountered as a globe without conventional continents, the work supports comparison between familiar planetary symbolism and fragmented accounts of environmental responsibility. Its decorative coherence sits uneasily beside the title’s declaration of crisis. About the ArtistObey Obey is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: American Contemporary artist known for political street art and the iconic 'Hope' poster.
