Vik Muniz’ untitled photographic image, printed on a porcelain plate, is an adaptation of Caravaggio’s Medusa (painted 1590), a mythological figure from the ancient Mediterranean world whose frightening demeanor symbolized both repulsion and protection. Muniz has gained a reputation for appropriating photographic reproductions and transforming the familiar into what he terms “photographic delusions” or hybrids. He alters the original image by applying unconventional, often edible materials such as sugar, dirt, thread and chocolate syrup to the work and then re-photographs it. In this case, he extracts a powerful image rooted in mythology and art history and renders it in pasta and sauce to displace meaning and stimulate new interpretations.