By: David Avery

Medium: etching
ImageSize: 3 x 14 inches

A panoramic, sharply satirical print that unfolds as a continuous narrative procession. Figures, vehicles, animals, and symbols move relentlessly across the horizontal composition, forming a darkly comic parade of chaos, excess, and consequence. On one end, a monumental face looms in profile; across the length of the image, bodies tumble, machines rumble forward, and absurd details accumulate, culminating in violence and collapse.

Avery’s meticulous line work and biting visual language recall the tradition of political caricature and social critique, while the scale and density of imagery reward close inspection. The work reads as both allegory and indictment—an unflinching examination of power, spectacle, and the mechanisms that propel societies toward conflict.