Provocative Artists
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With All My Flowering Heart (A Complete Set)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 78.7 x 20.3 x 1 cm Design - 31 x 8 x 0.4 inch
€2,737
We are the Square Jocular Clan (1), 2018
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,460
Yellow Mandala Large Format
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 76.2 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€950
Rise from the Ashes (Red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 106.5 x 74 cm Print - 41.9 x 29.1 inch
€1,600
Muhammad Ali - Heavyweight Ideals
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€750
El Arcabuz Produce Monsters
Salvador Dali
Print - 23.5 x 17.2 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.3 x 6.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Raise the Level (Peace)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€800
Voting Rights are Human Rights
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€550
Styles Change - Style Endures - Black
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 48.26 x 36.83 x 0.2 cm Print - 19 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch
€600
Lennon peace and liberty (red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€600
We are the Square Jocular Clan (9)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,460
Protect The Blue Planet
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.5 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
€890
" The world is in our hands " (HOLIDAY PRINT 2015)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45 cm Print - 24 x 17.7 inch
€1,250
Shepard Fairey (Obey) P.O.P WAVE (Blue) Shepard Fairey X Craig Stecyk III
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 45 cm Print - 24 x 17.7 inch
€2,000
Electric Warrior (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€600
Henry Rollins Tour 2012
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€500
Barb Wire Dove Collage
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€525
Black Earth Society
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 91 x 0.3 cm Print - 24 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch
€500
Peace & freedom dove
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€550
Sedation in bloom (red and cream)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€500
Sedation in Bloom (Black And Blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€500
Revolutionary Woman With Brush
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
€1,490
We are the square Jocular Clan (4)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
€1,020
Tomas Vincent Young
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 24 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch
€680
Doraemon, Let’s Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine with Master Fujiko F Fujio!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 65.5 x 57.4 cm Print - 25.8 x 22.6 inch
€1,811
Sid in tune with discord
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 48 x 37 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.9 x 14.6 x 0 inch
€600
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?