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Douglas Gordon Self Portrait of You Me After the Factory 2007- Vintage
By Douglas Gordon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
at Gagosian Gallery in New York City from October 31 to December 15, 2007. Known for his provocative
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

"Age, Sex, Beauty" Photography 30" x 45" in Ed. of 7 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
body-mind techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

"Fell For You" Photography 30" x 45" in Ed. of 7 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
body-mind techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Elsy, lovers
Located in London, London
-color accents create a visual tension that is both provocative and deeply tender. For art collectors
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Birth" Photography 45" x 30" in Edition of 7 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art work. Also, with
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

"Toy Machine" Photography 30" x 45" in Ed. of 7 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
body-mind techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

"De-Sculpt" Photography 30" x 45" in Ed. of 7 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art work. Also, with
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

"Positive Result" Photography 24" x 36" in Ed. of 15 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
body-mind techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Large Pattern and Decoration Painting Abstract Expressionist Harry Koursaros P&D
By Harry Koursaros
Located in Surfside, FL
Wolff, These handsome and highly provocative paintings are art, and not decoration or design. They are
Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon, Acrylic

"Positive Result" Photography 30" x 45" in Ed. of 7 by Masha Ko Kolten Horner
Located in Culver City, CA
body-mind techniques used to generate movement in Butoh to inform her body-challenging performance art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Sunbather
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
canvas, a relaxing figure creating a truly provocative work of art. The canvas is 42 x 42 inches. A
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geisha Skateboard Triptych (HAND Signed and numbered 7/150) skate deck Japanese
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in New York, NY
traditional art of ‘tight binding’ Each deck: 31in x 8in Edition of only 25 HAND SIGNED NUMBERED Limited
Category

2010s Realist Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen

Vintage Color Photograph Hiding, Tokyo, Japan 4 Photo Quadriptych Signed Ed.6
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Film/Video, Contemporary Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity
Category

1990s Performance Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

When I dreamed of a Way
By Doug Kacena
Located in Denver, CO
designer of handmade Tibetan and Nepalese rugs, a highly-regarded gallery owner, an art therapist, a
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage Color Photograph Male Dancing Figure Muse(X) Photo Print Signed
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Large Vintage Color Photograph Male Dancing Figure Muse(X) Photo Print Signed
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
politics, Self as Subject, Performance Art, Film/Video, Contemporary Art, Provocative body art
Category

1990s Performance Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Large Vintage Color Photograph Male Dancing Figure Muse(X) Photo Print Signed
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Aboja (The Sash Bearer)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Aboja (The Sash Bearer)" is a provocative and striking work of art created by Nigerian artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

San Francisco Street
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
stop sign revealing the beauty of a quotidian moment, creating a truly provocative work of art. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Stop Sign
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
the beauty of a quotidian moment, creating a truly provocative work of art.. The panel is 10 x 8
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Analogue Digital Analogue Painting
By Doug Groupp
Located in New York, NY
SUNY Purchase in 1993. Working in many mediums he is best known for his provocative and playful street
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

A Rose is a Rose
By Doug Groupp
Located in New York, NY
many mediums he is best known for his provocative and playful street art where he has been working
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

CCCP
By Doug Groupp
Located in New York, NY
best known for his provocative and playful street art where he has been working under the adopted name
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Blue Composition - Oil on Canvas by Marcello Grottesi - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
", provocative artistic performances that brought art to the squares of the historic center of Rome, with the
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diver in Red
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
and water's surface, creating a truly provocative work of art. The painting comes framed in a pale
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Look Through My Eyes
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
sensuality of the moment with her. Overall, "Look Through My Eyes" is a beautiful and provocative work of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colorful Happy Pride Month II (Original Mixed Media Artwork)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
provocative pop art available that will bring that extra happiness and humor to any room. A conversation
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Futurist Mixed Media

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Glue, Glitter, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Glass

Bust of John F. Kennedy
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Long Island City, NY
own hand, this bust provocatively blends Pop Art with Surrealism, inciting multiple possible
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Paul Rebeyrolle Nu Assis (Seated Nude) 1960- Lithograph- Signed
By Paul Rebeyrolle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
–2005). Known for his expressive and often provocative works, Rebeyrolle's art frequently explores
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

A Rose is a Rose
By Doug Groupp
Located in New York, NY
. Working in many mediums he is best known for his provocative and playful street art where he has been
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Linder - Soul Meets Soul on Lovers Lips (2nd Edition)
Located in London, GB
1954. She is renowned for her radical feminist photomontages, provocative performance art, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Giclée

"Cut Food - Eggs" Multiple Sliced Egg Composition Yellow, White and Hot Pink
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
establishing provocative 'relationships' as groupings. Pop art's repetitive imagery is also referenced. "I am
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Private Tokyo, rare dazzling two sided nude signed 26/50 museum photo lithograph
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in New York, NY
his provocative images that combine fine art and photography. Working primarily in black and white
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Surrealist "Babies DJ" Portrait inspired in Old Masters. Giclée Print
Located in Segovia, ES
provocative ways. Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

Geisha Skateboard Triptych(suite of three silkscreen skateboards numbered 55/150
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in New York, NY
three skate decks Featuring a black and white tribute to Kinbaku - the Japanese traditional art of
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Prints

Materials

Wood, Maple, Screen

Germaine Richier French Artist Original Etching, Figure with Owl
By Germaine Richier
Located in Phoenix, AZ
French avant-garde sculptor and print maker of provocative biomorphic figures. Richier studied art in
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Vintage Photograph Male Nude Platinum Print Photo Ring Around the Rosie
By Skip Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, Provocative body art, confronting the body as a politicized entity. In his performance art
Category

1990s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Platinum

Shepard Fairey Chinese Banner Letterpress Print Obey Giant Contemporary Street
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
artist has a job to comment on politics but my favorite art has something provocative about it and
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Screen

World on Fire Large Red Screenprint Cleon Peterson
By Cleon Peterson
Located in Draper, UT
Peterson's ability to create provocative, thought-provoking art. In this print, we see a chaotic scene of
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Farting Glitter Balloon Dog II (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Glitter Balloon Dog II is another irreverent Oliveira's creation and one of the most provocative pop art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Futurist Figurative Prints

Materials

Canvas

Farting Glitter Balloon Dog I (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
the most provocative pop art available that will bring that extra happiness and humor to any room. A
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Futurist Figurative Prints

Materials

Canvas

"Female Nude" Charcoal Sketch, Nude Female
Located in Detroit, MI
painting "The Origin of the World", a provocative icon of modern art. Painted in 1866 by Courbet who
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Provocative Stephen (Stephen Gendin)
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
American Art, Philips Academy in Andover, MA; the Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase; the American Folk
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wire

Love or Money? Dollar Art Oil Painting Conceptual Thoughts Provocative
By Oksana Tanasiv
Located in Norwalk, CT
-provoking imagery of this art will transform any space, kindling a profound dialogue on our true life's
Category

2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Money Boat. Dollar Art Oil Painting Conceptual Thoughts Provocative Seascape
By Oksana Tanasiv
Located in Norwalk, CT
dynamic energy of life's intricate dance. Art "Money Boat " belongs to Dollar Art series 2023. Dollar Art
Category

2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Ink

Dollar Cigar. Dollar Art Oil Painting Conceptual Thoughts Provocative Figurative
By Oksana Tanasiv
Located in Norwalk, CT
reflection. Art "Dollar Cigar" belong to Dollar Art series 2023. Dollar Art are conceptual post-contemporary
Category

2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mermaid II - Provocative Feminist Fashion Photography - Red and Grey - Epstein
By Karen Epstein
Located in Miami, FL
Mermaid II - Provocative Feminist Fashion Photography - Red and Grey - Epstein Exploring themes
Category

2010s Feminist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Mihail CHEMIAKIN Original Pastel PAINTING Signed Russian Art Abstract oil LARGE
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in Bloomington, MN
controversial art figure. Both his socially provocative art which is meant to disturb and his personal life
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pastel

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How Much is a Provocative Art?

The average selling price for a piece of provocative art we offer is $1,237, while they’re typically $1,000 on the low end and $8,500 for the highest priced.