Damien Hirst is a British artist whose provocative art explores themes of life, death, and mortality, as well as the relationship between humans and the natural world, and how we interact with it. Hirst often employs scientific materials and animal specimens in his oeuvre, and has often said he has a “Victorian obsession with nature.” In Untitled, 2001, Hirst utilizes butterflies–a recurring motif in his work. “I love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive,” he said.