Hirst Provokes Anger With Pickled Sheep And Sharks

If the aim of modern art is to shock and provoke response, Damien Hirst may well deserve the title some in the art world have awarded him -- the most important British artist of his generation.

Last year his sculpture of a pickled shark suspended in a see-through tank incurred the wrath of animal rights protesters who smeared it with excrement to highlight their cause.