Provocative Artists
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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
£6,362
Race to the bottom
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33.02 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 10 x 0.1 inch
£404
Natural Springs
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.05 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
£350 £315
A Place in Seville from the Carmen
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£3,936
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, Fille de Minos
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
£3,145
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, La Déesse de Cythère
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
£3,145
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, Mais ô belle Dionée
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
£3,145
Zapata (HPM Teal)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 66 x 50.8 x 0.6 cm Print - 26 x 20 x 0.25 inch
£5,060
La grande Place des Vosges, du temps de Louis XIII
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 30 x 0.4 inch
£2,246
Mais o belle Dionee, from L'Art d'aimer suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 74 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.3 x 0 inch
£1,977
Untitled (Original)
Keith Haring
Painting - 76.2 x 57.2 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 22.5 x 0.8 inch
£59,031
Plush Pumpkin Yellow (Dots Obsession)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 15 x 25 x 25 cm Design - 5.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
£315
Boy And Dog In A Johnnypump, 1982
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
£494
The Guilt Of Gold Teeth, 1982
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
£494
Untitled (Plate 4 from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Print - 108 x 146.1 x 1 cm Print - 42.5 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch
£63,205
Untitled (Free South Africa): one plate
Keith Haring
Print - 81 x 100.3 x 2 cm Print - 31.9 x 39.5 x 0.8 inch
£46,380
L'action vaut plus que les mots (Marianne pleure)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
£2,651
Time Bokan - Missing in the Eyes - Red
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,617
Plush Pumpkin White (Dots Obsession)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 15 x 25 x 25 cm Design - 5.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
£315
Untitled (Plate 6 from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Print - 108 x 146.1 x 1 cm Print - 42.5 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch
£38,370
Untitled (Plate 5 from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Print - 108 x 146.1 x 1 cm Print - 42.5 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch
£38,370
The currency: 6274. nobody should hear it
Damien Hirst
Painting - 21.5 x 30 cm Painting - 8.5 x 11.8 inch
£16,624
Commanda Large Format
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print - 41.3 x 30.3 x 0 inch
£2,246
Lotus Ornament Large Format
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print - 41.3 x 30.3 x 0 inch
£2,067
The Currency 1781- You don’t go all summer long
Damien Hirst
Painting - 20 x 30 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
£47,626
Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Blue Silkscreen
Takashi Murakami
Print - 75 x 75 cm Print - 29.5 x 29.5 inch
£15,000
We are the Square Jocular Clan (8), 2018
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,312
Art Is For Everybody
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 48.3 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Print - 19 x 14 x 0 inch
£881
Protect Biodiversity - Cultivate Harmony
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£607
A Little Flower Painting : Yellow, White, and Purple Flowers
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 44 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 inch
£2,336
And Then x6 Marine Blue
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,500
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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?