Yinka Shonibare, CBE, RA (b. 1962, London, United Kingdom) 

Girl on Globe 2

2011, fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, and globe, mannequin: 100.01 × 74.93 × 81.92 cm; diameter of globe: 80.01 cm.

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, By Exchange: William A. Clark Collection). Image courtesy of NGA.

This mannequin precariously balanced on a world globe is one of several works by Shonibare referencing the current ecological crisis.  The reds and oranges which stain the countries and continents represent the heat maps we see on TV programmes about global warming. The headless girl dressed in Shonibare's trademark African fabric seems to symbolise the young people of the global South whose future will be most affected by the crisis.  What do you think?