Come as You Are, This Is Our Battle Too
Smack Mellon | 92 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY
September 28-November 17, 2024
Come as You Are, This Is Our Battle Too is an exhibition of recent works that centers healing and transformation. Following a battle with an unexpected health diagnosis starting in fall 2023, the artist embarked on an inward journey exploring the depths of her own spirit, reflecting on the guidance, prayers, and support of her community. Isaac’s reimagined landscapes represent places that the she has occupied emotionally and mentally while grappling with grief, anger, and sadness, and seeking hope, love, and grace. Illuminated by various sources of light and celestial beings, her paintings allude to her ancestors, who are constantly present. The exhibition serves as an invitation for viewers to come to the work with their own battles.
Gonna Search the Sky for New Horizons to Unfold, 2024, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.
Courtesy of Smack Mellon. Photos by Etienne Frossard.