By: David Avery

Medium: Etching
Year: 2025
Edition Size: 35
ImageSize: 8.75 × 4.875 inches
Paper Size: 14.5 x 10 inches
Printed on HahneMuhle Copperplate Warm White paper

In The Fearless Pursuit of Knowledge, David Avery constructs a darkly surreal allegory of intellectual ambition pushed to the edge of obsession. A monumental, disjointed figure rises from a small brick house, wielding a hammer as books scatter across the ground, pages torn loose and knowledge rendered both precious and perilous. Above, moths spiral around a glowing moon, suggesting the irresistible pull of enlightenment and the dangers inherent in its pursuit.