C24 Gallery presents Traces featuring works by Vidal Mouet, Leda Tsoutreli, and Elise Coker. Grounded in the traditional elements of painting: space, line, color, and surface; the exhibition delves into the dialogue between object and representation. Vidal Mouet treats each painting as a body, one that must locate itself in the room. The front, back, and edge matter equally as shaped and modular supports become the answers to thresholds and joints. Ordinary forms like stacked cups, sheets of cardboard, and the circle of a ceiling speaker are translated into new forms explored through the rectangle of a canvas. The works respond to their surroundings and architectural forms even as they establish their own physicality. They hold space for both representational references and new uncovered objects. Leda Tsoutreli engages with traditional