Provocative Artists
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Wave of distress (sepia)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
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Church of Consumption
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Kurt Cobain – Endless Nameless
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Salvador Dali
Print - 17.5 x 12.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 6.9 x 4.9 x 0 inch
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Le Détroit de Gadelore
Salvador Dali
Print - 39.5 x 26.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.6 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch
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Natural Maple Collab Skate Deck
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Sculpture - 23 x 77 x 3 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 30.3 x 1.2 inch
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Acupuncture Painting Smell of Blood
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 inch
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Billy Idol Kings And Queens Of The Underground
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
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Homage to Francis Bacon, Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer (2 Prints)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Field of Smiling Flowers
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 x 1 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch
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We are the Square Jocular Clan (5)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Flowers, Flowers, Flowers
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 x 1 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch
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All City Propaganda Soup Can IV
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 51 x 41 cm Print - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
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People's Climate March
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Flowerball (Koi Red-crowned Crane Vermilion) With Circular Frame
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
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Embrace Justice
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.2 inch
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Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Pink
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 68 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 inch
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Debbie Harry Zebra Skin
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 45 x 1 cm Print - 24 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
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We are the Square Jocular Clan (6)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Universal Personhood 4/6 (wood panel)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
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Friendship and Support Gold Edition (George Harrison)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 45.72 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18 x 0 inch
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Royal Treatment Money
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
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Peace and Justice HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Beyond the Streets Billboard
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 63.7 x 121.9 cm Painting - 25.1 x 48 inch
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Drink Crude Cup
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 51 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 20.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
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We Are The Square Jocular Clan (3)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm Print - 18.7 x 18.6 inch
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Takashi Murakami x Virgil Abloh (Off White) Kyoto Enso
Takashi Murakami
Print - 39.8 x 46.8 cm Print - 15.7 x 18.4 inch
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Skulls and Flowers (Multicolor)
Takashi Murakami
Print - 68 x 52 x 0.05 cm Print - 26.8 x 20.5 x 0 inch
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La désintégration de la persistance de la mémoire
Salvador Dali
Print - 55 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
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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?