Bacon

This photo has never ceased to fall out of my head.
Yes, it is a man sitting in a chair with two halves of an animal hanging above him.
Francis Bacon did a series of paintings titled "Heads" that depicted, in much distortion, non-specific rulers of the papal states in history (He lived in the mid 1900s).
This is another from the set:

He has been suspected of manic depression. He had high-wired, unrealistic and delusionally happy views of his life that could snap back in seconds to making statements proclaiming the absolute hopelessness of human existence as naturally as breathing. These are the times that his paintings seemed to most represent.
The characteristics of his work are mutilated bodies, death, nakedness, spasmodic scenes and dream sequences.
In the 80's he was the most expensive living artist.
I love his paintings for the pure reason that they are so evocative. They are serious instalments whether you buy an original, a print or just a google image from your printer.
Francis Bacon, my friends.