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Though Asian and Indian art have emerged as two of the art market’s rising stars, few commercial galleries in the U.S. deal in such artworks. However, a new gallery opening in Manhattan this week could signal a change.

Bodhi Art, a contemporary art gallery specializing in Indian artists, will open its latest location tomorrow in a 6,000-square-foot space on 24th Street, in the heart of the Chelsea art district.

The gallery, which already has shops in Mumbai, New Delhi and Singapore, hopes to fill a gap in the art market by collecting and exhibiting Indian art, explained Bodhi Art founder Amit Judge. Among the artists it represents are Akbar Padamsee, F.N. Souza, Jogen Chodhury and Ram Kumar.

“Our main objective is to encourage and internationalize contemporary Indian artists and their works, and to establish a solid dialogue between Indian art and the rest of the world,” Judge said.

For its opening exhibition, the gallery will present a collection of exclusive works on paper by leading contemporary Indian artist Atul Dodiya, on view Sept. 20 through Oct. 28. His traveling show, “The Wet Sleeves of My Paper Robe (Sabari in Her Youth: After Nandalal Bose),” includes paper pulps and edition prints that tell the story of Sabari, a young female character from the classic Indian epic The Ramayana.

“Given that Bodhi Art New York intends to create a platform for young and emerging Indian art, ‘The Wet Sleeves of My Paper Robe’ is particularly important for us,” said gallery director Karen Stone Talwar. Not only does it show the range of talent in the gallery’s stable of artists, but also its conceptual direction, she added.