V: Colony: Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst
V: Colony
From Poisons + Remedies
13 ¾ x 11 inches | 2010
Published by Gagosian Gallery & Other Criteria

Printed Ephemera (framed)

In V: Colony, Damien Hirst fuses the language of pharmaceuticals with the concept of collective biology, suggesting parallels between microbial life and human systems of control, dependency, and survival. As an early plate in the Poisons + Remedies series, the work is stark yet loaded—evoking the sterile precision of a medical label while alluding to the hidden structures that govern both medicine and society. The title itself opens multiple readings, from bacterial colonies to geopolitical or psychological ones.

Originally published in 2010 by Gagosian Gallery and Other Criteria as part of the limited-edition Poisons + Remedies book, this 13 ¾ x 11 inch print is emblematic of Hirst’s ability to cloak existential themes in minimalist, institutional aesthetics.

A quietly provocative piece for collectors attuned to conceptual art’s power to mirror—and critique—the systems we live by.