The desperate man

[Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 31 x 38 cm]

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Deeply emotional, The Desperate Man is among the earliest works by the artist that he completed in 1845. With his eyes wide-open, Courbet is staring straight at you and tearing his hair.

The connection between mental health and Oklahoma's sky-high incarceration rate isn’t lost on Oklahoma lawmakers. As Sen. A.J. Griffin recently said, “We spend less money on mental health services, and we have a very high frequency of mental health patients in our corrections systems. It’s backward. It’s much more expensive to incarcerate them than to treat

Gillian Wearing. 'I’m Desperate, from Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say, 1992–93. Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York