Damien Hirst (artwork titled "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living")

Damien Hirst’s artwork, "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living," features a real shark preserved in a transparent tank of formaldehyde. Created in 1991, it confronts viewers with themes of mortality, decay, and the boundaries of life and death. The lifelike shark, suspended in mid-air, challenges perceptions of beauty and the permanence of death, prompting reflection on mortality’s inevitable nature. Hirst’s work blurs art and science, using shock value to explore the human condition and our relationship with the concept of death.