"Asp-val" is a work by the provocative British contemporary artist Damien Hirst, whose practice relentlessly interrogates themes of life, death, and the complex relationship between science and human existence. The title appears to draw from the world of biochemistry, referencing asparagine-valine, an amino acid pairing that reflects Hirst's enduring fascination with pharmaceutical and medical language as both visual and conceptual material. The work sits within his broader exploration of systems of knowledge and belief, inviting viewers to confront the clinical beauty and underlying mortality embedded in the building blocks of life itself.