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The empresses - Wu zetian
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€5,950
Caballero, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 40 x 32 x 0.2 inch
€11,588
Tunnel Vision Version 2 (Alternate Blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 inch
€240
Flordali - Les Fruits : Pomme dragon
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
€6,800
Stereo Supreme Album Cover Print
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€220
A little flower painting : Pink, Purple and Many Other Colors
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 44 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 inch
€2,600
Flower ball (3D) Hey! You! Do you feel what I feel?
Takashi Murakami
Print - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Flower ball (3D) Hey! You! Do you feel what I feel?
Takashi Murakami
Print - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Ballon Animals
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 39.2 x 34.9 x 20.9 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 13.7 x 8.2 inch
€35,000
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
€5,599
Skull (after)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Free South Africa (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Untitled (Rotterdam), 1982 (after Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Shangri-la Shangri-la (offset print with silver) Edition - 166/300
Takashi Murakami
Print - 76.2 x 50.8 x 3 cm Print - 30 x 20 x 1.2 inch
€4,981
Coffee Blues Afternoon (White)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 29.3 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 11.9 x 0 inch
€3,950
Untitled (Face), 1982 (after Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Man and Medusa (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€700
Rainbow Smiley (Edition 5/100)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3 cm Print - 20 x 20 x 1.2 inch
€6,340
Untitled (Angel), 1982 (after Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Untitled (Electric) (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Untitled 1984 (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Untitled (Centipede) (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Crack is Wack (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€700 €560
Boîte aux lettres Picsou
Daru
Sculpture - 133 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 52.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€5,848
Ballon Monkey Orange
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 25 x 21 x 39 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 8.3 x 15.4 inch
€22,500
Pez Dispenser 1984 (after Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€250
Untitled (Snake) (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80 x 20 x 2 cm Design - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€314
COUPES Commemoration Set 6
Jeff Koons
Design - 3 x 31 x 31 cm Design - 1.2 x 12.2 x 12.2 inch
€6,167
Untitled (Smile On Stripes) (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€250
Untitled (Inferno) (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€250
Fight AIDS (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€250
Crack Down (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€250
Balloon Dog (Magenta)
Jeff Koons
Design - 26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm Design - 10.5 x 10.5 x 5 inch
€10,000
Hommage à Terpsichore
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 70.5 x 44 x 23 cm Sculpture - 27.8 x 17.3 x 9.1 inch
€40,980
Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Frere Orgin, L'Hermite (Brother Orgin, Hermit)
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Hommage à Newton
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 35 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
€15,180
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
€4,828
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 17.3 x 0 inch
€14,000
Obey / Vhils Universal Personhood Lisbon
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 76 x 61 cm Print - 29.9 x 24 inch
Sold
Jeff Ho Zephyr (Blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 1 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch
Sold
Ali - The greatest boxer of all times
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60 x 45 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
Sold
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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?