Damien Hirst
(born 1965, Bristol, England)

Notorious young British artist of the 1990s whose most celebrated works feature animals preserved in formaldehyde. Mother and Child Divided consists of the severed halves of a cow and a calf while The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is made from a shark. Hirst has also collaborated with comedian Keith Allen as Fat Les on a silly pop song celebrating the English national football team.