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The Hell of Cruel Beauties
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$1,342
The Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 14.8 x 0 inch
$1,454
Le Femme a Cheval from La Venus aux Fourrures
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Print - 15 x 11 inch
$3,500
Lincoln in Dalivision
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 72.4 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 28.5 x 19 x 1 inch
$7,500
L'Ange de la Melancolie from the Aurelia Suite (Angel of Melancholy)
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 76 x 2 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,000
Venus spatiale
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 65 x 35.5 x 32.5 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 14 x 12.8 inch
$62,813
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 17.3 x 0 inch
$15,658
The Bird Has Flown from the Carmen suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$3,188
Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade) from the Nudes Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.1 x 71.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 inch
$4,500
Hommage à Newton
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 35 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
$16,978
Hommage à la mode
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 51 x 27 x 22 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 10.6 x 8.7 inch
$30,601
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,000
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,000
Famille de centaures marsupiaux
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$2,461
Jonah and the whale, from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.5 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.9 x 26 x 0 inch
$3,646
Fecundity - Bas Relief Silver Sculpture
Salvador Dali
Design - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Design - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$3,333
Port Lligat Au Coucher du Soleil (Port Lligat at Sundown)
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,550
Flordali - Les Fruits : Pamplemousse érotique
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,033
Les danseuses nues
Salvador Dali
Print - 32 x 29 x 1 cm Print - 12.6 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Visage Surréaliste (Aurélia Portfolio)
Salvador Dali
Print - 80 x 58 cm Print - 31.5 x 22.8 inch
Sold
Portrait de Jean de la Fontaine
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
Sold
Obey conformity factory (red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Protect Biodiversity Cultivate Harmony
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
Sold
The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (Infinity Mirror) Skate Deck
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 78.7 x 20.3 cm Design - 31 x 8 inch
Sold
Dali Martien Muni d'un Double Microscope
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.5 x 69.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.2 x 27.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Melting DOB
Takashi Murakami
Sculpture - 25.1 x 31.5 x 25.1 cm Sculpture - 9.9 x 12.4 x 9.9 inch
Sold
We The Future / Rise To Write The Law
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
Sold
Obey / Vhils Universal Personhood Lisbon
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 76 x 61 cm Print - 29.9 x 24 inch
Sold
Sequoyah School Mandala
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$559
Spectacles with Holograms and Computers
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 21.9 x 0 inch
$8,780
Le Nu à la Guitarre (Serenade)
Salvador Dali
Print - 52 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 x 0 inch
$6,554
Peace & Justice Woman
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
Sold
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
Sold
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?