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Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 61 x 0.5 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$554
Supreme Lotus (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$396
Black Heart (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$396
Obey Jonesy (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$226
Electric (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$170
Floral Takeover 2017 (RedBlack)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
$396
Zapata (HPM Teal)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 66 x 50.8 x 0.6 cm Print - 26 x 20 x 0.25 inch
$6,000
Musack Terry Hall tribute
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$339
Obey Punk Girl (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$170
The angles of sedation and destruction
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$481
Takashi Murakami x Doraemon
Takashi Murakami
Design - 32.5 x 89.5 x 0.1 cm Design - 12.8 x 35.2 x 0 inch
$973
High Time Kick Out the Jams for Peace and Equality
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 31 x 31 cm Print - 12.2 x 12.2 inch
$249
Henry V, from Much Ado about Shakespeare
Salvador Dali
Print - 17.1 x 12.7 cm Print - 6.75 x 5 inch
$3,000
Power and Equality
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,934
Deceit and disruption 6/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$9,273
Flower Woman 1/6 HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$8,934
Just Angel Rising 3/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 62 x 46 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 inch
$8,934
WRONG PATH 6/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$11,196
Blondie - Live at the Roundhouse (Red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.7 cm Print - 24 x 18 inch
$543
Les suprenes de maillaise liliputiens from Diners a Gala
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 74.9 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 inch
$2,500
And then and then and then and then and then (Yellow)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 inch
$3,393
Woody Guthrie Centennial
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$481
The Greed Depression
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$420
Joe Strummer – Know Your Rights
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$452
Rise above flowers 2/3
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 45.72 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0.4 inch
$5,881
Time Bokan- Camouflage Pink
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,805
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded - West Tower
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$396
Green Power Factory - Blue
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$452
Barb Wire Dove - Red
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33.02 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$509
Barb Wire Dove - Blue
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33.02 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$509
Cultivate Harmony
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 30.48 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 12 x 0 inch
$452
Factory stacks (endless power)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$452
Factory stacks (earth first)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$424
Eyes on the king verdict
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$328
Magnifying Glass (red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$452
Andy Gill anti-hero
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$396
Prophets of rage: New day rising
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$424
The High Cost Of Free Speech
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 60.96 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$564
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?