Provocative Artists
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Resurrectionem ex-mortuis Noise remix
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 46 cm Print - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
£261
High Time Kick Out The Jams For Peace And Equality
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 27.5 x 27.5 cm Print - 10.8 x 10.8 inch
£198
Supreme Cuts (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£180
Jewel Point (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£225
Audiophile (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£225
Obey Black Widows (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£225
Slave Driver (Bob Marley)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 42 x 4 cm Print - 24 x 16.5 x 1.6 inch
£5,392
The Future Is Unwritten
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£225
Obliterate the self and even a fire is cool
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£2,022
Flordali - Les Fruits : Révérence du groseiller
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
£3,774
Black Earth Society Soldier
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 80 x 44 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
£13,928
Dazzling Circus : Embrace Peace and Darkness Within thy Heart
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68.9 x 53 cm Print - 27.1 x 20.9 inch
£3,055
On an Endless Journey on a Time Machine with the Author Fujiko F. Fujio!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 60 x 60 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
£4,250
King David, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.8 x 0.2 inch
£3,795
Les Entre-plats Sodamises
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29 x 0.2 inch
£2,108
Post-punk flower (Red) Letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 45.72 x 30.48 x 0.2 cm Print - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
£427
Flordali - Les Fruits : Fruits troués
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
£4,044
OFF! You Will Do What We Say (Aqua Drab)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
£350
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
£2,381
Miyabi: Korin ( Korin: courtly elegance 2020)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 76.25 x 72 cm Print - 30 x 28.3 inch
£3,370
We the future / Power to the polls
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
£180
Tristan und Isolde (Set of 21 Prints, framed)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 32.3 x 2 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.7 x 0.8 inch
£17,792
Korin : Returning from a Wandering Journey
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
£2,157
And then and then and then and then and then (Aqua Blue)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 inch
£2,696
We The Future / Are Earth Guardians
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
£440
Athene from the series "Mythologie"
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch
£6,164
Work from the Limited Edition Book The Souls
Damien Hirst
Print - 23.5 x 14 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.3 x 5.5 x 0 inch
£5,031
Jeremiah from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 x 5.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 x 2 inch
£3,795
Magnifying glass "Cream"
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
£359
Anemone per Anti-Pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) from Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
£2,446
Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis Vinyle
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30.5 x 30.5 cm Print - 12 x 12 inch
£135
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions Surrealiste
Salvador Dali
Print - 73.7 x 53.3 cm Print - 29 x 21 inch
£6,325
Caring for a Surrealistic Watch
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 50 x 0.05 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£2,157
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?