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Time Bokan - Camouflage pink
Takashi Murakami
Print - 49.8 x 49.8 cm Print - 19.6 x 19.6 inch
£1,797
Guns and Roses (Large format)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 76 cm Print - 41.3 x 29.9 inch
£4,448 £3,558
Warhol Collage - Color
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£809
Raise The Level HPM 4/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 91 cm Painting - 24 x 35.8 inch
£11,232
Deco Flower 2/3 (Metal)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
£5,796
By any means necesary (Yellow)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£517
In honor of Vincent Jen Chin
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£449
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
£3,795
We Are The Square Jocular Clan (8)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
£917
Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Silkscreen
Takashi Murakami
Print - 75 x 75 cm Print - 29.5 x 29.5 inch
£29,250
Radical Peace (Cream) HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 5 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 2 inch
£6,290
Jeremiah from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 inch
£3,795
Lennon peace and liberty (blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£539
The Currency : Assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine
Damien Hirst
Design - 25 x 25 x 1.5 cm Design - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch
£449
Grace and power under pressure (Green)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 inch
£494
Balloon Dog (Blue)
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 40 x 48 x 16 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 18.9 x 6.3 inch
£46,727
Guerilla One X The Seventh Letter
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
£449
Mujer Fatale (Large format)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 76 x 0.2 cm Print - 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
£4,044 £3,235
Gravity Adjuster (Mr. Doraemon)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,132
We are the Square Jocular Clan (10)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,312
We are the Square Jocular Clan (3)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,312
Defend Dignity HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 104 x 76 x 1 cm Painting - 40.9 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
£21,476
Balloon Rabbit (Violet)
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 29 x 14 x 21 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 5.5 x 8.3 inch
£15,725
The future is equal
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0.2 inch
£404
Just Future Rising (set x2)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 92 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 36.2 x 0 inch
£494
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 85.09 x 81.28 x 2 cm Print - 33.5 x 32 x 0.8 inch
£4,217
A champion of justice Ruth Bader
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 45.72 x 0.01 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0 inch
£2,516
Doraemon: Many Things Await Beyond Anywhere Door - Dokodemo Door
Takashi Murakami
Print - 60 x 60 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
£4,250
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
£1,850
Grace and Power Under Pressure (Blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch
£404
Danseuse dalinienne
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44.5 x 22.5 x 20.5 cm Sculpture - 17.5 x 8.9 x 8.1 inch
£31,271
Danse du temps II
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 30.5 x 20.5 x 19 cm Sculpture - 12 x 8.1 x 7.5 inch
£28,575
Flowers Blooming in the Isle of the Dead
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
£1,750
Inside the Rainbow's Heart
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
£2,250
Rum Pum Pum in a Field of Flowers!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 55 cm Print - 21.7 x 21.7 inch
£2,000
Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 17.8 x 17.8 x 0.5 cm Print - 7 x 7 x 0.2 inch
£162
Icons (Subliminal Projects)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£382
Peace Dove HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 93 x 71 x 0.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28 x 0.2 inch
£16,804
Peace Guard 2 HPM 5/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£11,592
Scratch on the Wire
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 60.96 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£404
We Are The Square Jocular Clan (7)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
£917
God Save the Queen - (an American Homage to Queen Elizabeth II)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.7 cm Print - 24 x 18 inch
£2,361
Creativity, Equity, Justice
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£341
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?