A slew of dead animals, an off - color comment about 9/11, a Turner Prize, and more than 80 solo shows later, Hirst has provoked and prodded his way to fame (and considerable fortune).
It is often taught that after the first sin was committed, God wanted to show Adam and Eve that sin has consequences, and so He
slew an
animal in front
of them, and made clothes for them from the hide
of the
dead animal.