huiyin zhou 徽音 (@huiyin.zhou) reviews the figurative training and herbalist practice found in Isabel Lu (@iisabellu)'s solo exhibition "Shameful Company" at University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Upper Rowe Gallery (@cltgalleries), Charlotte.

"In the 'Shameful Company' suite of works (all 2026), Lu’s ghostly, androgynous subjects, depicted against a white aluminum panel, seem to hover on the gallery walls. They sit, bend over, kneel, or speak to each other diagonally in yin-yang-like diptychs. Yellow, blue, purple, black, and red pigments reside in and levitate from the body—shapeshifting between amorphous clouds, bruises, and menstrual flow." Read more from the review at the link in bio! "Shameful Company" is on view at UNC Charlotte’s Rowe Galleries through November 2, 2026. — 1. Isabel Lu inside "Shameful Company" at UNC Charlotte’s Upper Rowe Gallery. Image courtesy of the artist. 2. Isabel Lu, "hēidòu II", 2026, oil on aluminum. Image courtesy of the artist. 3. Isabel Lu, "Bilirubin 23" and "Bilirubin 24", 2026 oil on aluminum & acrylic, 36 x 24 inches each. Image courtesy of the artist.