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GR gallery is pleased to announce “Made To Appear” a two person exhibition featuring artists Viraj Khanna and Brian Robertson, whose works merge traditional textile techniques, contemporary imagery and cultural commentary to examine emotionally residual forms and the performative nature of today’s social media-driven world.
Pushing beyond the rules of craft and fine arts, the exhibition presents mixed media threaded works that challenge perceptions of materiality, identity, and community by offering a timely exploration of modern life through texture and form. What the viewer encounters is not immediate or neutral, but constructed to produce a specific visual and emotional impression; on a perceptible level in fact the works resist instant recognition: embroidered surfaces initially register as paintings or digital images, revealing their textile nature only through closer observation. The title therefore reflects the tension between what appears to be seen and what is physically present, allowing the exhibition to operate in an intentionally ambiguous space between image and object, authenticity and construction.
‘Made To Appear’ will present new series of artworks created specifically for this occasion, marking the gallery’s first collaboration with both artists.
Opening reception: Thursday June 18, 6:00pm - 8:00pm (Exhibition Dates: June 19–August 1, 2026).
Members of the press can contact GR gallery in advance to schedule a private viewing and/or an interview with the artists. GR gallery, 116 Chambers Street (btw Church & W. Broadway ) New York, NY 10007
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Viraj Khanna
Viraj Khanna is a visual artist from India who works with textile and embroidery. The first artist to be included in the Forbes '30 Under 30' lists in both India and Asia, his practice draws on themes of documentation and performativity in social media. Khanna's narrative-driven works examine the imagery of perfection and people's desires to portray their most eye-catching and meaningful moments on social media. He employs three-dimensional threadwork to stylize these images into dreamlike compositions.
Brian Robertson
Brian Robertson, graduated BFA from Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design and based in LA, moves beyond capturing human identity by shaping his work as we shape our existence; through collected experiences.Although a very process based artist in his practice of embedding & removing fabric,Robertson states that each step starts a dialogue with the next leading to varying results. The main subject of his works is often himself or a scene in his day to day life but carefully picked apart through an exploration of identity, longing, connection and change.
116 Chambers Street (btw Church & W. Broadway ) New York, NY 10007
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