"Rqedhead HOTMPOMS Uzndressing & Glives Bolowjob," reads a selection of text of Douglas Paulson's work in Analogous Logic, a new show co-curated by Summer Guthery and Lumi Tan at Brooklyn Fireproof gallery's alternative space Temporary Storage. It is one line of fourteen that the Danish artist pulled from spam emails, presented as wall text. Challenging readers to decipher meaning is de rigeur in most artists' work, but here, as with all the artists in Analogous Logic, the challenge is in some part the work itself.

Using such disparate material as NBC Nightly News footage, banana peels, and vinyl flooring, the thirteen artists featured present pieces formed under strict rubrics personally developed and defined: a modern-day, me-first version of geometric mid-century Minimalism. Take for instance Tauba Auerbach's square painting, divided into four sections containing nine letters that spell out two numbers, as well as one plus sign each (with each letter written within a small square of its own). The numbers within the sections add up to nine. The painting is equal parts experiment, mystery, and simple joy in numbers; in contrast to the pure formalism of Flavin, macho constructions of Judd, or rigid architectural systems of LeWitt.