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The Rock from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 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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Adam et Eve from the Homage a Albrecht Durer Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 74.9 x 55.9 cm Print - 29.5 x 22 inch
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An Homage to IKB Blue, Mono Gold, Mono Pink - Set of 3 works
Takashi Murakami
Print - 69 x 53 cm Print - 27.2 x 20.9 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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Cherry Blossoms in Bloom Kaikai Kiki
Takashi Murakami
Print - 47 x 47 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 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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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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Mr. Dob (Gold edition)
Takashi Murakami
Sculpture - 23.5 x 27.3 x 27.3 cm Sculpture - 9.3 x 10.7 x 10.7 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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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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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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Le Songe d’un Alchmiste ou l’Arbre de Vie
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch
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Homage to Francis Bacon: Study For Head of George Dyer
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Homage to Francis Bacon: Study For Head of Isabel Rawsthorne
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Psychedelic Garage (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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New Wave Girl (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Enchanting Sounds (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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AK-47 Lotus HPM 3/10
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 104.14 x 76.2 x 0.01 cm Print - 41 x 30 x 0 inch
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Endless Power 14/14
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 90.2 x 63.5 x 5 cm Print - 35.5 x 25 x 2 inch
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With eyes on the reality of one hundred years from now
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Afrocentric (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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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
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Underworld Revolution (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Power and equality / Flower
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
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Who's afraid of red, yellow, blue and death
Takashi Murakami
Print - 77 x 60 cm Print - 30.3 x 23.6 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?