Damien Hirst’s Civilisation Exploding, H17-4 (2024) is a radiant collision of order and chaos, where the structured geometry of modern architecture is engulfed by the unruly vitality of nature. Against a backdrop of towering glass facades and industrial smokestacks, cascades of blossoms, tulips, and cherry trees burst forward in a riot of pinks, whites, and yellows. Above, Hirst’s signature paint splatters rain down like fragments of energy, suggesting both celebration and detonation. The work captures civilisation at its most precarious - caught between flourishing abundance and volatile destruction - while the rainbow arcing across the composition hints at resilience, renewal, and possibility. It is a vision of modernity on the brink, where fragility and exuberance exist side by side.