“In the technological world, my means of expression are limited. I work from within this limitation: I work on an image, and then cover it up. I don't want to leave a familiar image on the surface. I want it to be seen, but not fully understood, so that an element will remain open rather than fixed in the mind. This is my way to stay alive, to adhere to the boundaries of freedom,” says Isaacs.

Isaac’s drawings present an intuitive physical meeting of raw, almost unprocessed materials. These present an alleged contradiction with the common conception of drawing as the most delicate medium of art. The lines reveal simultaneously references to space, various realities, and create layers upon layers, time period over time period. Each of these layers is evidence of a momentary urge, representing the inner feelings of the artist’s body in free-flowing movement. These feelings cross over unfiltered, leaving the spirit’s mark in the material.

The use of the etching technique is like a license to loose ones self-control. Etching in the raw, moist paint makes the definitive control of the drawing line more difficult. Etching requires a reduction of possibilities on the one hand, and an expansion of the range of freedom and unconventionality, on the other hand. In this way, signs are created, and these serve as clues, and nothing more, of something else, which could not have been expressed, or rather, which did not fulfill its full potential earlier. The openness gives the viewer more freedom in choosing his experience or interpretation of the works.

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