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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Barking Dog YP x Keith Haring
Keith Haring
Design - 30 x 50 x 4 cm Design - 11.8 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€450
Suiko (The Empresses, H10-4)
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Theodora (The Empresses, H10-3)
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
The Hours Spin Skull
Damien Hirst
Sculpture - 19 x 12.5 x 19.5 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 4.9 x 7.7 inch
€8,300
Untitled (Snake) (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80 x 20 x 2 cm Design - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€301
Ballon Venus (Dom Pérignon)
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 61.5 x 35.5 x 32.5 cm Sculpture - 24.2 x 14 x 12.8 inch
€45,000
Plush Pumpkin White (Dots Obsession)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 15 x 25 x 25 cm Design - 5.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€350 €315
Plush Pumpkin Yellow (Dots Obsession)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 15 x 25 x 25 cm Design - 5.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€350 €315
Eléphant de Triomphe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 53 x 25 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 9.8 x 5.7 inch
€49,920
The Currency 1781- You don’t go all summer long
Damien Hirst
Painting - 20 x 30 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
€53,000
Diamond ( Red )
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 32.4 x 39.2 x 32 cm Sculpture - 12.8 x 15.4 x 12.6 inch
€22,000
Dancing Gate | Unique Pochoir
Allen Jones
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€9,500
Ballon Animals
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 39.2 x 34.9 x 20.9 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 13.7 x 8.2 inch
€35,000
Balloon Dog (Magenta)
Jeff Koons
Design - 26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm Design - 10.5 x 10.5 x 5 inch
€10,000
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, La Déesse de Cythère
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
€3,500
Balloon Dog (Orange)
Jeff Koons
Design - 26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm Design - 10.5 x 10.5 x 5 inch
€10,000
With All My Flowering Heart (A Complete Set)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 78.7 x 20.3 x 1 cm Design - 31 x 8 x 0.4 inch
€2,597
Korin : Returning from a Wandering Journey
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
€2,400
Horn Players, 1983
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, Fille de Minos
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
€3,500
L'ange triomphant
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 50 x 18 x 17 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.1 x 6.7 inch
€35,880
Enso: Facing the Pitch-black Void
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 39.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,650
Anemone per Anti-Pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) from Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
€2,690
Vision de L’ange
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 13.6 x 13.6 inch
€24,960
Poisons - Self Portrait X-Ray
Damien Hirst
Print - 21.5 x 26 x 3 cm Print - 8.5 x 10.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
Coffee Blues Afternoon (White)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 29.3 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 11.9 x 0 inch
€3,950
A little flower painting : Pink, Purple and Many Other Colors
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 44 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 inch
€2,600
Beautiful, Newly Dented, Very Droll, Warmly
Damien Hirst
Print - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€14,002
Psalm: Diligam te, Domine
Damien Hirst
Print - 73.66 x 71.12 x 0.1 cm Print - 29 x 28 x 0 inch
€13,900
Pez Dispenser 1984 (after Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€250
Port Lligat Au Coucher du Soleil (Port Lligat at Sundown)
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€2,280
Le Femme a Cheval from La Venus aux Fourrures
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Print - 15 x 11 inch
€3,246
A La Plage (At the Beach)
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Print - 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch
€4,591
Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Frere Orgin, L'Hermite (Brother Orgin, Hermit)
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€1,200