Provocative Artists
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Le Pardon De Sigismund (La Vida Es Sueno)
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.5 x 79 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.6 x 31.1 x 0 inch
$996
Beautiful Self-Constitutive Vortex
Damien Hirst
Print - 23 x 23 x 2 cm Print - 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,651
Peace Fingers
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Design - 30.5 x 17.5 x 5.6 cm Design - 12 x 6.9 x 2.2 inch
$1,992
Round and Round, the World Spins
Takashi Murakami
Print - 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,498
School Desk
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Sculpture - 28 x 31 x 9 cm Sculpture - 11 x 12.2 x 3.5 inch
$6,639
Untitled (Plate 13 Photostat from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Photography - 125.09 x 126.37 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.8 x 0.8 inch
$45,500
Eléphant de Triomphe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 53 x 25 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 9.8 x 5.7 inch
$47,003
The Currency : Assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine
Damien Hirst
Design - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Design - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$553
TRUMP Box set (after Paul McCarthy)
Paul McCarthy
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$5,532
Heaven and Hell
Andres Serrano
Photography - 83.8 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 33 x 45 x 1 inch
$120,000
Que Font Ces Gens
Salvador Dali
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 9.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 3.7 x 0.1 inch
Price upon request
Unity - Obey Flower
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 74 x 74 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.1 x 29.1 x 0 inch
$1,328
Couple A Cheval (Suite Mythologique Nouvelle)
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 22.2 x 0 inch
$996
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
$2,213 $1,992
Burroughs 100 years
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$885
The Woman Who Defeated Pain (Frida Kahlo) Letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$553
Le Portrait de La Fontaine
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$1,328
A cracked icon letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$553
Les Animaux malades de la Peste
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,213
Le Cheval s'étant voulu venger du Cerf
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,213
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
$2,213
Peace & Justice Woman
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,106
Freedom to Lead (Aung San Suu Kyi)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$996
Endless power
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 42.5 x 34.5 x 5 cm Painting - 16.7 x 13.6 x 2 inch
$7,192
Icon collage (top)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$387
Warning Addictive
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Design - 80.8 x 22 x 2 cm Design - 31.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$830
Welcome visitors letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.2 cm Print - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$884
War By Numbers VSE
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 67.5 x 52 x 1 cm Painting - 26.6 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$8,741
Obey conformity factory (red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$470
This Changes Everything
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$553
Planetary and scatological visionlithograph
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.7 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$4,404
Obey Conformity Factory (Orange)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$609
Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent
Salvador Dali
Print - 39.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.6 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$7,834
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?