Artist Maria Mahfooz's 'Wash your hands' is a heart-shaped soap that refers to her interactive time and website-based piece 'Unhinged' for 'Control The Virus Vol 03'.

Mahfooz's heart shaped soaps not only reference the love in which she creates her work, but also the state of our post-pandemic world today.

Germs are washed away against a heart-shaped soap as it slowly deteriorates and withers away with glittery remnants, just like Mahfooz's own heartbreak with soul destroying apps and toxic boys!

Wash with caution and look after your own heart when seeking love. A tangible reminder that your hands can get filthy while battling infatuation.

FORMAT

Maria Mahfooz, Wash your hands, 2022, 7 x 7cm, Soap (Aqua, Glycerin, Sodium Laurate, Disodium Lauryl, Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Stearate), Peach soap dye, Glitter. Made with support from Arts Council England.