LaValise

Realm of the Senses

Thursday, October 24, 2024, 6-10pm

On Thursday Oct. 24, 6 - 10 PM, Track16 presents a launch party for the LA based art box, LaValise. The box, containing fourteen works by eleven local artists, is conceptualized, curated and designed by Elizabeth Baldwin, Poul Lange, Karen Rosner and Mei Xian Qiu.

In its inaugural exhibition, titled Realm of the Senses, LaValise presents a collection of original artworks, each exploring a distinct sensory experience. Together and individually, they capture life questions about what we let into our own private worlds and why. What is the influence, the joy, the burden of our senses? The eleven participating artists showcase a wide range of mediums and techniques including photography, painting, poetry, music, fragrance, collage, assemblage, and wearable art, all packaged into an edition of twenty numbered wooden presentation boxes.

In an edition of twenty, each box contains the work of the artists, seven works of 2D art stored in the lid, and seven works of 3D art in the box proper. Most artists chose to provide unique pieces for the boxes, so all the boxes are different. 

Participating artists: Fatemeh Burnes, Arturo Cardelus, Joyce Dallal, Poul Lange, Dominique Moody, Karen Rosner, Michael Lewis Miller, Yxta Maya Murray, Aline Smithson, Mei Xian Qiu, Anneliese Varaldiev.

LaValise has been produced as a unique edition of 20. The box is 22 x 18 x 3 1/4” and contains 14 multiples (7 sculptures and 7 flat artworks). For inquiries, contact gallery@track16.com.