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Damien Hirst — Three Divers Discovering Gold Objects
Damien Hirst

Three Divers Discovering Gold Objects

2025

Three Divers Discovering Gold Objects is a painterly sculptural tableau in which Hirst revisits themes of treasure, myth, and human desire through painted resin and plaster figures rendered in his characteristically theatrical style. The work evokes the romantic narrative of underwater discovery, drawing on centuries of iconography around sunken wealth and the lure of the deep, while Hirst subverts the heroic by casting the figures in synthetic, almost uncanny materials that destabilize any sense of authenticity. Created in 2025, the piece reflects Hirst's ongoing interrogation of value — what we seek, what we find, and what those discoveries ultimately mean — echoing the treasure-hunting motifs he explored in his Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable project. The use of resin and plaster, materials that simulate without being, reinforces the idea that the gold being discovered may itself be a constructed fantasy. Within Triple Trouble, the work contributes a narrative, almost cinematic energy that contrasts productively with the flat graphic registers of his collaborators.

Medium
Painted resin and plaster
Dimensions

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Damien Hirst, Three Divers Discovering Gold Objects, 2025

Three Divers Discovering Gold Objects is a painterly sculptural tableau in which Hirst revisits themes of treasure, myth, and human desire through painted resin and plaster figures rendered in his characteristically theatrical style. The work evokes the romantic narrative of underwater discovery, drawing on centuries of iconography around sunken wealth and the lure of the deep, while Hirst subverts the heroic by casting the figures in synthetic, almost uncanny materials that destabilize any sense of authenticity. Created in 2025, the piece reflects Hirst's ongoing interrogation of value — what we seek, what we find, and what those discoveries ultimately mean — echoing the treasure-hunting motifs he explored in his Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable project. The use of resin and plaster, materials that simulate without being, reinforces the idea that the gold being discovered may itself be a constructed fantasy. Within Triple Trouble, the work contributes a narrative, almost cinematic energy that contrasts productively with the flat graphic registers of his collaborators.

Medium
Painted resin and plaster
Dimensions
125 x 257.4 x 159.6 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Resin And Plaster, Gold Tones, Sculpture, 2020s, Whimsical, Narrative, Contemporary Art, British Contemporary, Mythological, Figurative

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Sarah Greenspan, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Brittany Laques