Provocative Artists
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Beautiful Self-Constitutive Vortex
Damien Hirst
Print - 23 x 23 x 2 cm Print - 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,663
Le Portrait de La Fontaine
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$1,332 $1,199
Peace Fingers
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Design - 30.5 x 17.5 x 5.6 cm Design - 12 x 6.9 x 2.2 inch
$1,998
Round and Round, the World Spins
Takashi Murakami
Print - 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,498
School Desk
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Sculpture - 28 x 31 x 9 cm Sculpture - 11 x 12.2 x 3.5 inch
$6,660
Untitled (Plate 13 Photostat from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Photography - 125.09 x 126.37 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.8 x 0.8 inch
$45,500
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
$610
Eléphant de Triomphe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 53 x 25 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 9.8 x 5.7 inch
$47,151
The Currency : Assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine
Damien Hirst
Design - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Design - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$555
TRUMP Box set (after Paul McCarthy)
Paul McCarthy
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$5,550
Heaven and Hell
Andres Serrano
Photography - 83.8 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 33 x 45 x 1 inch
$120,000
Que Font Ces Gens
Salvador Dali
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 9.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 3.7 x 0.1 inch
Price upon request
Le Pardon De Sigismund (La Vida Es Sueno)
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.5 x 79 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.6 x 31.1 x 0 inch
$999
Unity - Obey Flower
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 74 x 74 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.1 x 29.1 x 0 inch
$1,332
Couple A Cheval (Suite Mythologique Nouvelle)
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 22.2 x 0 inch
$999
Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$2,220
The Woman Who Defeated Pain (Frida Kahlo) Letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$555
Long live the people
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$333
A cracked icon letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$555
Les Animaux malades de la Peste
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,220
Le Cheval s'étant voulu venger du Cerf
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,220
L'Eléphant et le Singe de Jupiter
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,220
Burroughs 100 years
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$888
Liberté Egalité Fraternité (Large format)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 76 x 58 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch
$12,210
Freedom to Lead (Aung San Suu Kyi)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$999
Icon collage (top)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$388
Peace & Justice Woman
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,110
Endless power
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 42.5 x 34.5 x 5 cm Painting - 16.7 x 13.6 x 2 inch
$7,215
In honor of Vincent Jen Chin
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
$555 $499
Warning Addictive
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Design - 80.8 x 22 x 2 cm Design - 31.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$832
Welcome visitors letterpress
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.2 cm Print - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$887
Obey conformity factory (red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$472
This Changes Everything
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$555
Obey Conformity Factory (Orange)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$610
Planetary and scatological visionlithograph
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.7 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$4,418
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?