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Successive Approximation

January 10, 2008- February 16, 2008

Reception: January 10, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tauba Auerbach, Daniel Buren, Sol LeWitt, Mike Quinn, Robin Rhode

Perry Rubenstein Gallery

527 W 23rd St

Successive approximation: n. A method for estimating the value of an unknown quantity by repeated comparison to a sequence of known quantities. (The American Heritage Dictionary)

New York (January 8, 2008) - Perry Rubenstein Gallery is pleased to present Successive Approximation, a group exhibition of multi media works by five artists in various stages of their careers. Whether intentional or not, the problem-solving or computational method where a succession of approximations is used to achieve a desired degree of accuracy is an integral factor in each of the included works.

Auerbach riffs on the popular children's game of telephone; in her video a word or phrase is whispered from person to person around a circle and then announced after one rotation. This exchange of information morphs language so much that ultimately the meaning is altered completely. Mike Quinn presents a series of collages that combine sports pennants with sections of the New York Times' coverage of March Madness laced with remnants of the drugs that mark the artist's celebration or ritual of watching each game. Quinn develops a visual system of mapping out the irrational behaviors and emotions that come with escape and addiction that is as haunting as it is beautiful.

The mathematical method of successive approximation becomes not only a conceptual factor but also a literal one. Each line or stroke or cut-out is followed by a second, and the second by a third, and a third by a fourth until the "desired" result is formed, until the unknown becomes known, until the work reveals itself. Parts are lined up/ layered until and in order for there to be a whole. The process also becomes a theory of context: each of the artists is a figure or "quantity" with his or her own unique and respective language; but, when presented together, the impact of that language is heightened.

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Location   Gallery Perry Rubenstein Gallery Address 527 W 23rd St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10011 United States Phone 212-627-8000 Fax 212-627-6336 Hours Tue-Sat 10-6 (Summer hours: Mon-Fri 10-6)

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