XXXIV: Autosuggestion: Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst
XXXIV: Autosuggestion
From Poisons + Remedies
13 ¾ x 11 ½ inches | 2010
Published by Gagosian Gallery & Other Criteria

Printed Ephemera (framed)

XXXIV: Autosuggestion stands as one of the more psychologically charged entries in Damien Hirst’s Poisons + Remedies series. Referencing the mind’s ability to influence physical states—whether toward healing or harm—the work draws on the clinical aesthetics of pharmaceutical packaging while subtly pointing to the placebo effect, belief systems, and self-manipulation. With its precise layout and restrained palette, the print channels the sterile beauty of science, undercut by the lingering question: how much of our healing is internal?

Originally issued in 2010 as part of the limited-edition Poisons + Remedies book, and co-published by Gagosian Gallery and Other Criteria, this 13 ¾ x 11 ½ inch plate exemplifies Hirst’s ongoing meditation on mortality, faith, and the blurred borders between science and superstition.

A compelling addition for collectors of conceptual art, particularly those interested in the intersections of medicine, psychology, and belief.