On the occasion and in celebration of the Martha Graham Dance Company centennial, Meredith Rosen is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Chino Amobi and Aaron Curry in dialogue with Graham dancers who will be workshopping foundational technique exercises within the gallery space, alongside the release of Amobi’s latest album, K- Pop Airport Music for Black Folk.

Centered on Graham’s principle of contraction and release, the exhibition considers how this structural vocabulary translates into abstraction: compression generating form, expansion producing rhythm, and the body’s weight registering as intensity. These dynamics resonate across Amobi’s sonic compositions and Curry’s painting language, moving from figure to score and back again. Archival video material of Graham’s technique situates the live activation within the lineage of her method through Graham’s voice and the cadence of her instruction.

The interdisciplinary presentation brings the viewer into the artist’s process, questioning the boundary between the studio and the stage. Through a focus on improvisation and embodied mark-making, the exhibition traces a shared language of tension and expansive release across dance, music, and painting.