The Hand of God references a widely circulated photograph from the Covid-19 pandemic, showing two disposable gloves tied at the fingers and filled with warm water was an improvised solution used by nurses in Brazil to simulate human touch for dying patients in isolation. The patient’s hand would fit between the two warmed gloves. This fragile gesture of care, meant to provide comfort in the absence of real contact, became a powerful symbol of both tenderness and loss.

The drawing depicts two latex gloves, removed in such a way that one becomes encased within the other, much like how we ball a pair of socks. No longer filled with warmth, these empty gloves serve as a quiet memorial to lives now past, as well as a comment on the complexity of human suffering and faith.

Photographed by Alicja Kielan for Galerie Op Enheim, Wrocław