Provocative Artists
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Embrace Justice
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.2 inch
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Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Pink
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 inch
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Debbie Harry Zebra Skin
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
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We are the Square Jocular Clan (6)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Universal Personhood 4/6 (wood panel)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
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Friendship and Support Gold Edition (George Harrison)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 45.72 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0 inch
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Me among the Supernatural
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Royal Treatment Money
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
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Peace and Justice HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Beyond the Streets Billboard
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 63.7 x 121.9 cm Painting - 25.1 x 48 inch
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Drink Crude Cup
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 51 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 20.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
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We Are The Square Jocular Clan (3)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
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Takashi Murakami x Virgil Abloh (Off White) Kyoto Enso
Takashi Murakami
Print - 39.8 x 46.8 cm Print - 15.7 x 18.4 inch
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Skulls and Flowers (Multicolor)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 52 x 0.05 cm Print - 26.8 x 20.5 x 0 inch
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La désintégration de la persistance de la mémoire
Salvador Dali
Print - 55 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
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We Are The Square Jocular Clan (1)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
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Barbwire Dove Collage
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
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Takashi Murakami x Virgil Abloh: Branded in Time
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 36.8 cm Print - 18.4 x 14.5 inch
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We Are the Jocular Clan (10 - Smile)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 49.5 x 49.5 cm Print - 19.5 x 19.5 inch
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Psychedelic Garage (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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New Wave Girl (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Enchanting Sounds (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 17.8 x 17.8 x 0.5 cm Print - 7 x 7 x 0.2 inch
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Afrocentric (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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AK-47 Lotus HPM 3/10
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 104.14 x 76.2 x 0.01 cm Print - 41 x 30 x 0 inch
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Endless Power 14/14
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 90.2 x 63.5 x 5 cm Print - 35.5 x 25 x 2 inch
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Tauromachie aux papillons
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54.5 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.5 x 0 inch
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Beauty of Liberty and Equality (collaboration with Sandra Chevrier)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 41 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
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L'Immortalité - L'Alchimie des Philosophes
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 inch
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A Field of Flowers Seen from the Stairs to Heaven
Takashi Murakami
Print - 53 x 44 cm Print - 20.9 x 17.3 inch
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Underworld Revolution (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Power and equality / Flower
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
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Psychedelic Andre "92 Obey Giant Variant"
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 18 x 18 cm Print - 7.1 x 7.1 inch
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King David from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 inch
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I Look Back and There, My Beautiful Memories
Takashi Murakami
Print - 74 x 53 cm Print - 29.1 x 20.9 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?