Provocative Artists
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Deco Flower
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 59.5 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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Le Songe d’un Alchmiste ou l’Arbre de Vie
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch
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Dove Geometric Blanc
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 18.1 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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The Story of Red and Blue XI
Keith Haring
Print - 55.88 x 41.91 x 2.54 cm Print - 22 x 16.5 x 1 inch
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Homage to Francis Bacon: Study For Head of George Dyer
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Homage to Francis Bacon: Study For Head of Isabel Rawsthorne
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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When Life Boundlessly Flares Up to the Universe
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
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With eyes on the reality of one hundred years from now
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Les songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel - C- Heaume de la naissance et de la mort
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
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Don Quichotte - Don Quichotte
Salvador Dali
Print - 41 x 33 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0.1 inch
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Who's afraid of red, yellow, blue and death
Takashi Murakami
Print - 77 x 60 cm Print - 30.3 x 23.6 inch
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Path to Wisdom from the Retrospective Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.2 x 43.2 cm Print - 22.5 x 17 inch
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With The Coming of Spring, The Grass Returns Naturally
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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With the notion of the death, the flowers look beautiful
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Smile_02 Blue hair, pink headphones w MF
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch
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Grace and power under the pressure (blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 45.7 x 61 cm Print - 18 x 24 inch
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Grace and power under the pressure (green)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 45.7 x 61 cm Print - 18 x 24 inch
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Takashi Murakami - Flower Ball (3D) Autumn 2004
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
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Lotus Woman
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 31 x 31 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
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Lifeguard Not On Duty Letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 40.64 x 33.02 x 0.1 cm Print - 16 x 13 x 0 inch
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Global Warming Letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 40.64 x 33.02 x 0.1 cm Print - 16 x 13 x 0 inch
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Earth Crisis Letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 40.64 x 33.02 x 0.1 cm Print - 16 x 13 x 0 inch
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The empresses - Taytu Betul
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
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Deus, Deus Meus (diamond dust), from Psalm Prints
Damien Hirst
Print - 73 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.7 x 27.4 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?