Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Shepard Fairey — Globe Earth Crisis
Shepard Fairey

Globe Earth Crisis

2016

Globe Earth Crisis stands as a potent environmental statement within the Triple Trouble collaboration, with Shepard Fairey applying his signature propaganda-poster aesthetic to a literal representation of the planet. The resin-coated, varnished globe is layered with printed paper imagery and mounted on a stainless steel stand, merging the sculptural with the graphic in a way that bridges fine art and activist street culture. Fairey's OBEY movement has long weaponized bold visuals to provoke political consciousness, and here that urgency is made visceral by wrapping the Earth itself in his iconography. Created in 2016, the work predates the collaboration's 2025 output, suggesting it served as a conceptual seedling for the broader Triple Trouble project. The title's blunt declaration transforms a decorative object into a manifesto, forcing the viewer to confront ecological catastrophe through the lens of Fairey's confrontational visual language.

Medium
Resin, printed paper and varnished globe with stainless steel stand
Dimensions

For Sale

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

Collectors of Shepard Fairey

Also spotted by

About this work

Shepard Fairey, Globe Earth Crisis, 2016

Globe Earth Crisis stands as a potent environmental statement within the Triple Trouble collaboration, with Shepard Fairey applying his signature propaganda-poster aesthetic to a literal representation of the planet. The resin-coated, varnished globe is layered with printed paper imagery and mounted on a stainless steel stand, merging the sculptural with the graphic in a way that bridges fine art and activist street culture. Fairey's OBEY movement has long weaponized bold visuals to provoke political consciousness, and here that urgency is made visceral by wrapping the Earth itself in his iconography. Created in 2016, the work predates the collaboration's 2025 output, suggesting it served as a conceptual seedling for the broader Triple Trouble project. The title's blunt declaration transforms a decorative object into a manifesto, forcing the viewer to confront ecological catastrophe through the lens of Fairey's confrontational visual language.

Medium
Resin, printed paper and varnished globe with stainless steel stand
Dimensions
47 x 41.8 x 41.8 cm
Year
2016
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Activism, Street Art, Environmental, Mixed Media, Global Crisis, American Contemporary, 2010s, Sculptural, Political Commentary, Found Objects

More works by Shepard Fairey

Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery