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We The Future / Are Earth Guardians
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$554
Flordali - Les Fruits : Révérence du groseiller
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$4,753
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, La Déesse de Cythère
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$3,961
L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, Mais ô belle Dionée
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$3,961
Magnifying glass "Cream"
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$453
Flordali - Les Fruits : Fruits troués
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,092
Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis Vinyle
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30.5 x 30.5 cm Print - 12 x 12 inch
$170
Anemone per Anti-Pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) from Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
$2,900
Tristan und Isolde (Set of 21 Prints, framed)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 32.3 x 2 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.7 x 0.8 inch
$22,406
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
$4,097
Caballero, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 40 x 32 x 0.2 inch
$12,000
Athene from the series "Mythologie"
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$7,763
The Empresses : H10-1 Wu Zetian
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,940
The empresses : H10-2 Nur Jahan
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,940
Enso: A World Filled With silkscreen
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 39.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,999
Lucky Luke What else?
Daru
Painting - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,037 $1,630
Where are my Bitcoins?
Daru
Painting - 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.5 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$905 $724
We Are the Square Jocular Clan 10set
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.5 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.7 inch
$13,580
Diamond ( Red )
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 32.4 x 39.2 x 32 cm Sculpture - 12.8 x 15.4 x 12.6 inch
$24,896
Flordali - Les Fruits : Poire Don Quichotte
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,092
Caring for a Surrealistic Watch
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 50 x 0.05 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,716
The empresses - Wu zetian
Damien Hirst
Print - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$6,733
Tunnel Vision Version 2 (Alternate Blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 inch
$272
Stereo Supreme Album Cover Print
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$249
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?