Dequalinium Chloride
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About This Work
In *Dequalinium Chloride*, Damien Hirst extends his sustained inquiry into medicine, belief, and the aesthetics of clinical authority. Referencing a potent antiseptic compound, the work draws on the visual language of pharmaceuticals—cool precision, standardised nomenclature, and the promise of cure—while exposing the anxieties that underwrite contemporary healthcare and consumer culture. Hirst’s approach foregrounds the readymade logic of the laboratory: systems of classification, dosage, and control become a conceptual framework through which questions of mortality and faith are staged. With its crisp, industrial finish and forensic clarity, the piece operates as both icon and critique—at once seductive and unsettling—situating Hirst’s practice within post-conceptual strategies that continue to shape 21st-century contemporary art.
About the Artist
Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol and grew up in Leeds. In 1984 he moved to London, where he worked in construction before studying for a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths college from 1986 to 1989. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995. Since the late 1980’s, Hirst has used a varied practise of...
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