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SUSAN RANKAITIS IS AT MANN GALLERY

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NEW YORK CITY — Robert Mann Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Los Angeles artist Susan Rankaitis, “Limbicwork,” February 15–March 24. An opening reception for the artist will be Thursday, February 15, 6 to 8 pm. A catalog will accompany the exhibition.

Rankaitis is a mixed-media artist whose works often allude to ideas in contemporary science. Her most recent photographic works document her ephemeral installation, “Limbicwork,” completed in 2005 at Europas Parkas, the Outdoor Museum of Central Europe in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Suspended in the dense forest, long arcs and loops of bright plastic tubing represent the components of the limbic system, part of the brain which influences the formation of memory by connecting emotion to physical sensation. By choosing the Vilnius site, Rankaitis also references the persecution of the Lithuanian people by both the Nazis and the Russian Army.

Of Lithuanian descent herself, Rankaitis felt a kinship both to the landscape and to the group of young artists with whom she worked to complete the series. The resulting photographs — ranging from mural-sized prints to images no larger than a postcard — are the end product of the installation, and as with the artist’s earlier works, rich with layered meaning.

Robert Mann Gallery is at 210 Eleventh Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets, 10th Floor. For more information, www.robertmann.com or 212-989-7600.