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Panda Cubs are Cuddling Yay!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 51.25 x 51.25 cm Print - 20.2 x 20.2 inch
$5,230
A Panda Cub Hugging a Ball of Flowers
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$4,303
Danseuse dalinienne
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44.5 x 22.5 x 20.5 cm Sculpture - 17.5 x 8.9 x 8.1 inch
$38,922
Raise The Level HPM 4/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 91 cm Painting - 24 x 35.8 inch
$13,981
Peace Dove HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 93 x 71 x 0.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28 x 0.2 inch
$20,915
Deco Flower 2/3 (Metal)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$7,214
By any means necesary (Yellow)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$643
In honor of Vincent Jen Chin
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$559
Grace and power under pressure (Green)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 inch
$615
Paul McCartney NYC Change Begins Within
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
$783
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
$962
Muhammad Ali (Large format)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 76 x 0.3 cm Print - 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,299
Radical Peace (Cream) HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 5 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$7,829
Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même
Salvador Dali
Print - 84 x 63 x 0.1 cm Print - 33.1 x 24.8 x 0 inch
$4,451
Mujer Fatale (Large format)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 76 x 0.2 cm Print - 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$5,033
Guerilla One X The Seventh Letter
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
$559
Danse du temps II
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 30.5 x 20.5 x 19 cm Sculpture - 12 x 8.1 x 7.5 inch
$35,567
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
$3,355
Defend Dignity HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 104 x 76 x 1 cm Painting - 40.9 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$26,731
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
$503
The future is equal
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0.2 inch
$503
When Life Boundlessly Flares Up to the Universe
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$872
A champion of justice Ruth Bader
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 45.72 x 0.01 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0 inch
$3,132
King David, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.8 x 0.2 inch
$4,500
Les Entre-plats Sodamises
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
Obliterate the self and even a fire is cool
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,517
L'ange triomphant
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 50 x 18 x 17 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.1 x 6.7 inch
$35,567
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, Fille de Minos
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$3,915
Only the finest poison
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$391
I do not rule my dreams, my dreams rule me
Takashi Murakami
Print - 66.6 x 56.6 cm Print - 26.2 x 22.3 inch
$4,049
On an Endless Journey on a Time Machine with the Author Fujiko F. Fujio!
Takashi Murakami
Print - 60 x 60 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$5,627
Ian Curtis - Heart and Soul
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$487
Enso: Facing the Pitch-black Void
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 39.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,964
Peace Guard 2 HPM 5/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$14,428
Scratch on the Wire
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 60.96 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$503
God Save the Queen - (an American Homage to Queen Elizabeth II)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45.7 cm Print - 24 x 18 inch
$2,800
Countdown To Armageddon
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$280
Creativity, Equity, Justice
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$425
Tunnel Vision (Standard Gold)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$308
Peace Bomber (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$447
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions Surrealiste
Salvador Dali
Print - 73.7 x 53.3 cm Print - 29 x 21 inch
$7,500
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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?