By: David Avery

Medium: Etching
EditionSize: 40
ImageSize: 10.75 x 4.375 inches

Nonsense on Stilts is a towering allegorical etching by David Avery, constructed as a chaotic vertical procession of figures, objects, and symbols precariously elevated above the ground. A dense mass of grotesque characters—musicians, laborers, fools, and hybrids—balance atop spindly stilts that pierce the void below, suggesting instability, absurdity, and the fragility of human systems.