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    Holiday Gift Guide: 25 Awesome Prints We Want This Holiday Season

    There's a perfect gift for every art lover in your life on this list.

    Dec 09, 2014
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    After buying furniture and other household essentials, who wants to spend money on overpriced artwork? Still, you need something to cover the plain walls in your apartment. There’s a simple solution: prints. They're not as expensive as original works, yet even big-name artists produce print editions, like Humza Deas' amazing rooftop photos and David Choe's pizza prints. It's the next best thing to stealing original artwork. Check out our list of 25 Awesome Prints We Want For The Holidays, and take a look at these cool wall decals if you're looking for even more art inspiration.

    Abstract Horizon

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    Artist: Jacqueline Swann

    Price: $15

    Buy it now at: Etsy 

    This giclée print is the artist’s abstract rendition of the horizon. It must've been inspired by a stunning sunrise because one look at this piece makes us want to take a vacation immediately.

    Dream On

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    Artist: Bonnie and Clyde

    Price: $320

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Brighton-based graphic designer Bonnie and Clyde (who's actually just one woman) commonly uses mixed-media collages as her preferred medium, as in this dynamic print.

    Conduit

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    Artist: Remi/Rough

    Price: $80

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    London-based artist, Remi/Rough is known for making art that is readily accepted in both the street art world as well as the gallery world. This piece, which harmoniously blends what you would see on the side of a building but also in a modern art museum, is a shining example of just that style.

    Stagger Home

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    Artist: Steve Powers

    Price: $200

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Steve Powers has dedicated this piece to the “Stagger Home,” his “nightly dance move on the 2 train.”  If the Stagger Home move looks half as lively as this piece does, we should all try it out.

    Jean-Michel Basquiat (Hana, Hawaii, 1984)

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    Artist: Paige Powell

    Price: $200

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Photographer Paige Powell, one of Andy Warhol’s former workers at his Factory, snapped this photo while she was dating Basquiat.

    Twin Peaks

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    Artist: Jazzberry Blue

    Price: $19

    Buy it now at: Society6

    Twin Peaks fans are cultish in their obsession with the '90s TV show, and this poster is cool enough that even people who didn't watch the series would like it. Jazzberry Blue, the Toronto-based artist and illustrator responsible for the work, prides himself on making artwork for the home and is most popular for his series of city maps.

    Are You a Beer???

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    Artist: Neck Face

    Price: $175

    Buy it now at: Poster Child Prints

    Street artist Neck Face has exhibited work at MOCA along with other big names in his medium. His pieces can be seen all over the Internet, and this is your chance to own one of his darkly humorous prints.

    Abstract No. 8

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    Artist: Diana Ong

    Price: $40

    Buy it now at: Art.com 

    Artist Diana Ong used a range of colors and brushstrokes to create one of the most concise yet obscure depictions of the human body we've ever seen.

    Composition 496

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    Artist: Chad Wys

    Price: $20

    Buy it now at: Society6

    As a Society6 contributor, Chad Wys he has made numerous works all along the same parameters. He successfully takes Renaissance busts and paintings and gives them a modern twist through different mediums, paint being the most popular.

    Mona Shot

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    Artist: Nick Walker

    Price: $240

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Graffiti artist Nick Walker has used The Mona Lisa as the inspiration for much of his work. Besides this version of Da Vinci's muse shooting a gun, he also has one that features the woman mooning.

    Astral Wave

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    Artist: Pro176

    Price: $312

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Pro176's work is strongly influenced by comic books, and that graphic background is definitely apparent in this piece.

    Sprite

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    Artist: Jamison Brosseau

    Price: $150

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Simple yet captivating is the best way to describe this print. Based off of the title and color scheme we can assume Jamison Brosseau's inspiration was a bottle of Sprite. Brosseau practices repetition and uses vibrant colors throughout his work, and this piece is no exception.

    Particle Love

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    Artist: Victoria Borges

    Price: $18

    Buy it now at: Society6

    The artist behind the piece, Victoria Borges, takes fiction and turns it into reality through her depictions.

    Time Flies

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    Artist: FILFURY

    Price: $75

    Buy it now at: 1xRun

    This piece, by award-winning graphic designer FILFURY, is only part of the installation entitled Time orchestrated by 1xRun and Wallplay Gallery.

    I Blame the Internet

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    Artist: Jeremy Deller

    Price: $80

    Buy it now at: Art Collectorz

    Conceptual artist Jeremy Deller has taken a justification used by many and turned it into a mantra. Soon we'll all be blaming the Internet (if we're not already).

    Gold

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    Artist: Jess Vall

    Price: $17

    Buy it now at: Society6

    This piece is for those who don’t want to shell out big bucks to have an uncomfortably large piece of gold on the wall.

    Anthony Clarke

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    Artist: Jean Michel Basquiat

    Price: $40

    Buy it now at: Art.com 

    This site makes it possible to own your very own Basquiat with prints of the late, great artist's work.

    Untitled, 1985

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    Artist: Keith Haring

    Price: $30

    Buy it now at: Art.com 

    Like Basquiat, Keith Haring is a legendary artist known for his cartoon-like figures and paintings that are influenced by street art. This is your chance to snag a work by one of the original downtown New York darlings.

    Corspica 6

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    Artist: Chad Wys

    Price: $20

    Buy it now at: Society6

    Once again, Chad Wys hits us with his modern interpretation of Renaissance pieces. This colorful alteration is much more inviting than the cold bust.

    Les Codomas

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    Artist: Henri Matisse

    Price: $40

    Buy it now at: Art.com 

    Just in time for the "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" exhibition at MoMA, you can hang a print of the modern artist's colorful work in your home.

    Black Lines

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    Artist: RK // Design

    Price: $23

    Buy it now at: Society6

    RK // Design created some of the most avant-garde pieces that Society6 has to offer. This piece is so minimal that you could find infinite meanings in its three black lines.

    Through

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    Artist: Georgiana Paraschiv

    Price: $18

    Buy it now at: Society6

    This might be considered one of Romanian artist Georgiana Paraschiv's most minimal pieces. With one look at her work, you'll understand what we mean. She absolutely loves pink, and it appears in almost all of her work.

    Green Abstract Art Print on Paper

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    Artist: Linda O'Neill

    Price: $25

    Buy it now at: Etsy 

    The juxtaposition between the ominous figure and the delightful background takes this piece from almost frightening to appealing.

    Abstract Sunset

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    Artist: Georgiana Paraschiv

    Price: $19

    Buy it now at: Society6

    This piece blends patterns, textures, and colors to create a delightful composition that would fill any room with light.

    Shadow of a Doubt

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    Artist: Tyler Spangler

    Price: $18

    Buy it now at: Society6

    Tyler Spangler manipulates the human form throughout his pieces. Some of his work may make you uncomfortable, but the majority of it is pleasant and eye catching.

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