David Shrigley’s I’ve Heard About Freedom and Do Not Eat Him (2022) are a pair of digital prints that use simple black linework and text to deliver poignant, absurd reflections on autonomy and empathy. 

One features a caged bird rejecting freedom, while the other pleads for the life of a squid, declaring him “intelligent and special.” Issued in an unsigned, unnumbered edition of 250, these prints encapsulate Shrigley’s unique blend of wit, melancholy, and moral provocation.