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We the Future / Rise to Rewrite the Law
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
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Helmeted Rider with Butterflies
Salvador Dali
Print - 81 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.9 x 24 x 0 inch
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The Music from the series The Arts
Salvador Dali
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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The Woman Who Defeated Pain (Frida Kahlo)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Warning Addictive
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Design - 80.8 x 22 x 2 cm Design - 31.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
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We Are The Square Jocular Clan 5
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch
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We Are The Square Jocular Clan 7
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch
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We Are The Square Jocular Clan 1
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch
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Mucho Hay que Existencializar
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
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The Dove-like Eyes on the Bride
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.2 x 15 x 0 inch
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The Beloved Feeds between the Lilies
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 15 x 0 inch
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The Coach and the Flies
Salvador Dali
Print - 47 x 64.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.5 x 25.4 x 0.1 inch
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Sainte-Lucie - Le triomphe de la lumière
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 54.3 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.4 x 0.1 inch
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Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12 x 0 inch
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Subia las Escaleras Como si Las Bajara
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.9 x 12.4 x 0 inch
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All the free speech
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61.5 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24.2 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Portrait of Autumn (The Joys of Bacchus)
Salvador Dali
Print - 73.5 x 52.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.9 x 20.7 x 0 inch
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The Beloved Feeds Between The Lilies
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 15 x 0 inch
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Dali Illustrates Casanova
Salvador Dali
Print - 47 x 32.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 18.5 x 12.7 x 0.1 inch
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Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': The Queen with a Silk Tunic
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Tristan le Fou (Mad Tristan)
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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While supplies last! Large format
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 66 x 114 x 0.5 cm Print - 26 x 44.9 x 0.2 inch
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The Lance of Chivalry (Saint George and the Dragon)
Salvador Dali
Print - 58 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.8 x 16.9 x 0 inch
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The Future is Unwritten Collage
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
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Mounted on the Seventh Terrace
Salvador Dali
Print - 30 x 26 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
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Knowledge Action Power / Blue
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.3 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Saint George and the Dragon
Salvador Dali
Print - 78 x 58.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 30.7 x 23 x 0.1 inch
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Let him kiss me... from Song of Songs of King Solomon
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
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Paint it black (Brush)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
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Wave of distress (sepia)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
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Church of Consumption
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Kurt Cobain – Endless Nameless
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Salvador Dali
Print - 17.5 x 12.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 6.9 x 4.9 x 0 inch
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Provocative Artists
The history of art has been punctuated by many scandals and outbursts of provocative artists. With the main goal of art being to elicit a reaction, it is obvious that some artists try to take us out of our comfort zone. Some provocative painters have scandalized the critics, such as Gustave Courbet with his famous painting "The Origin of the World" in 1866, very much ahead of his time in his representation of nudity. But painters are not the only provocative artists. The photographers Nobuyoshi Araki and Bettina Rheims also turned their lenses to controversial subjects.
However, scandal is not necessarily linked to nudity. Provocation in art comes from a will to shock and to free itself from the limits or taboos, which is why many committed artists use their art to spread subversive messages and go against the established governments. This is the case of street artists such as Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat or Keith Haring.
You don't like simplistic works? You want to support artists who are not afraid to take risks? Artsper has put together a catalog of provocative artists of all nationalities. Their works will be perfect to give your living room a pop and show off your taste. Which one will catch your eye?