In the entryway of anonymous gallery, a wall is activated by a single artwork of an emerging artist or art collective. This presentation will run alongside the current exhibition schedule at the gallery, and will remain visible for one month.

This presentation aptly called first impression, will engage our audience and the general public with a single work on view. first impression, aims to share knowledge and insight of carefully considered artists outside of our gallery roster, while also focusing on a need for diverse representation of artists.

Chella Man is a Brooklyn based artist and a recent 2021 Mentor at the SIlver Art Projects in the World Trade Center. Man is a 22 year old Deaf, Genderqueer, Trans-Masculine, Jewish and Chinese artist. In Man’s tender painting titled Vineeta the subject is Vinny, Man’s best friend whom he has known since eighth grade. Their journey started out slowly, later to become family over the years as they grew into their new lives together.

Vineeta is a single painting that represents the care Vinny has learned to hold for themselves as well as the care Man holds for Vinny. This work is intentionally unfinished symbolizing the fact that Vinny’s journey is far from over.