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?
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The Lady Dulcinea
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
And Then x6 Marine Blue
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,755
Jack of Clubs from Playing Cards
Salvador Dali
Print - 65.5 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$11,484
Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos
Salvador Dali
Print - 97.8 x 69.9 cm Print - 38.5 x 27.5 inch
$4,500
We are Destined to meet Someday! But For now, We Wander in Different Dimensions
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 inch
$3,381
We are the square Jocular Clan (4)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
$1,210
Homage to ‘Basket of Flowers’ by Song Dynasty Artist Li Song
Takashi Murakami
Print - 60.5 x 60 x 0.5 cm Print - 23.8 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,473
Maiko in Kyoto, Cherry Blossoms on Red
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,755
Hommage à Konrad Adenauer
Salvador Dali
Print - 52 x 38.5 x 1 cm Print - 20.5 x 15.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,417
Outside The Bull Ring: The Fruit Seller from Carmen
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,579
Le Portrait de La Fontaine
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$1,424 $1,281
Toulouse-Lautrec (From: Quinze Gravures)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31.5 x 1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,559
Portrait de Calderón (from Calderón: La Vie est un songe)
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 51 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,559
The Horse that Wanted Revenge on the Stag
Salvador Dali
Print - 59 x 79 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.2 x 31.1 x 0 inch
$1,602
And then and then and then and then and then (Red)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$2,207
Korin's Flowers and Abstract Imagery
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,473
A plate, from Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$4,366
Zebulun, from Twelve Tribes of Israel
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$5,766
Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,579
Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$2,373 $2,017
L'Eléphant et le Singe de Jupiter
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,373
Homage a Leonardo da Vinci - Airplane
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,898
Henry V, from Much Ado about Shakespeare
Salvador Dali
Print - 17.1 x 12.7 cm Print - 6.75 x 5 inch
$3,000
Assignation of a Spirit
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$2,823
We Are The Square Jocular Clan 3
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$1,201
Mononoke Kyoto Golden Sky Summer Flower Field
Takashi Murakami
Design - 35 x 92 x 0.1 cm Design - 13.8 x 36.2 x 0 inch
$1,258
Doraemon, Let’s Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine with Master Fujiko F Fujio!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 65.5 x 57.4 cm Print - 25.8 x 22.6 inch
$2,120
Doraemon: So Much Fun, Under the Blue Sky
Takashi Murakami
Print - 60 x 60 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$2,120
The Immaculate Conception
Salvador Dali
Print - 60 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$5,908
Hommage aux Petits Lits Blancs (L'art dans les bijoux)
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$4,959
Planetary and scatological visionlithograph
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.7 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$4,722
Korin The Land Beyond Death Bathed in Light
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,614
Time Bokan - Camouflage pink
Takashi Murakami
Print - 49.8 x 49.8 cm Print - 19.6 x 19.6 inch
$2,373
Venus à la giraffe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 56.5 x 9.5 x 27.5 cm Sculpture - 22.2 x 3.7 x 10.8 inch
$8,304
And Then... All Things Good and Bad, All Days Fine and Rough
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,120
Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Pink Silkscreen
Takashi Murakami
Print - 75 x 75 cm Print - 29.5 x 29.5 inch
$21,196
Pantocrator - Christ In His Majesty (Tarot 3 of Coins)
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.9 x 54.3 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.875 x 21.375 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Homage to Newton (bronze sculpture)
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 37.1 x 16 x 7.1 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 6.3 x 2.8 inch
$14,625
Le chevalier Chretien, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$7,687
Hemerocallis thumbergii elephanter from Surrealistic Flowers
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22 x 0 inch
$9,325
L'Ange de l'Alchimie (The Angel of Alchemy)
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch
$8,613
The Lady Dulcinea from Historia de Don Quichote de la Mancha
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch
$3,500
And Then x 6 (Blue: The Superflat Method)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,473
Carmen and Don José fleeing on horseback from The Opera Carmen
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$4,579
Dan, from the series Twelve Tribes of Israel
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,128
Flower Parent and Child, Rum Pum Pum!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$2,402
Kyoto Korin Mononoke Flower
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,473
Le caducee de Mars alimente par la boule de feu de Jupiter from La conquête du cosmos
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.5 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.2 x 27.4 x 0 inch
$5,054