Using thousands of pieces of discarded junk and debris arranged on the floor of a vast warehouse, Vik Muniz recreated the lush, baroque composition of François Lemoyne's mythological painting depicting Hercules in servitude to the Lydian queen Omphale. Photographed from above, the resulting chromogenic print transforms humble refuse into a richly detailed image that blurs the boundaries between high art and waste, beauty and decay. The work challenges our perception of value and representation, inviting viewers to question how meaning is constructed from the materials we discard.