Obey (Shepard Fairey), Imperial Glory, silkscreen, 46x61 cm, 2011

Imperial Glory is a silkscreen print by the American artist and street artist Shepard Fairey better known as Obey.

The subject is a critique of US imperialist policy and a strong rebuke of the high public investment in buying weapons and financing wars.

In the silkscreen, in fact, Obey shows a military coat of arms, celebrating 'imperialist glory', with the inscription 'Enjoy the fruits of our labours'.

At the top, a hand grasps one of these fruits: a hand grenade. Here the artist wants to symbolise, therefore, that what is achieved with these strategies is only further violence and certainly not prosperity and security. The silkscreen print is signed in the bottom right-hand corner and numbered in a limited edition of 450.